[Bug 1696929] Re: Touchpads are unresponsive and laggy

[Daniel van Vugt]

** Description changed:

  Some laptop touchpads are annoyingly unresponsive when the software
- implements any kind of hysteresis. This includes Lenovo X1 Carbon gen 4
- and 5. Such devices have lower precision and higher lag in the touchpad
- hardware than you might expect, so need the software to not slow them
- down further.
+ implements any kind of hysteresis. This is a regression caused by the
+ introduction of libinput, visible on at least Lenovo X1 Carbon gen 4 and
+ 5, Dell XPS 13, and Apple Macbook Air.
  
- The problem now is that using libinput by default slows down all
- touchpads and makes them less precise. For hardware that was already
- unresponsive, introducing software that further reduces the
- responsiveness is very frustrating, borderline unusable.
+ WORKAROUND (1)
  
- When we were using Xorg the simple solution was to adjust hysteresis
- with 'synclient'. However now we're using Wayland we're stuck with
- libinput and I don't know how to fix it any more. Even Xorg logins seem
- to use libinput now, so there's no 'synclient' workaround available
- there anymore either.
+ 1. Log into "Ubuntu on Xorg" only. This workaround only works for Xorg.
+ 2. sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
+ 3. Tweak your personal preferences using 'synclient' (the GUI settings won't work any more).
+ 
+ WORKAROUND (2)
+ 
+ 1. Download and install the exact version 1.9.4-1 of libinput: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libinput/1.9.4-1/+build/13855729
+ That version contained the fix for this bug, briefly.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: libinput10 1.6.3-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-22.24-generic 4.10.15
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.5-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jun  9 14:52:18 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-08 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170607)
  SourcePackage: libinput
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Description changed:

  Some laptop touchpads are annoyingly unresponsive when the software
  implements any kind of hysteresis. This is a regression caused by the
  introduction of libinput, visible on at least Lenovo X1 Carbon gen 4 and
  5, Dell XPS 13, and Apple Macbook Air.
  
  WORKAROUND (1)
  
  1. Log into "Ubuntu on Xorg" only. This workaround only works for Xorg.
  2. sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
  3. Tweak your personal preferences using 'synclient' (the GUI settings won't work any more).
  
  WORKAROUND (2)
  
- 1. Download and install the exact version 1.9.4-1 of libinput: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libinput/1.9.4-1/+build/13855729
+ 1. Downgrade to version 1.9.4-1 of libinput: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libinput/1.9.4-1/+build/13855729
  That version contained the fix for this bug, briefly.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: libinput10 1.6.3-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-22.24-generic 4.10.15
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.5-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jun  9 14:52:18 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-08 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170607)
  SourcePackage: libinput
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  Touchpads are unresponsive and laggy

Status in libinput:
  Fix Released
Status in libinput package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in libinput source package in Bionic:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Some laptop touchpads are annoyingly unresponsive when the software
  implements any kind of hysteresis. This is a regression caused by the
  introduction of libinput, visible on at least Lenovo X1 Carbon gen 4
  and 5, Dell XPS 13, and Apple Macbook Air.

  WORKAROUND (1)

  1. Log into "Ubuntu on Xorg" only. This workaround only works for Xorg.
  2. sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
  3. Tweak your personal preferences using 'synclient' (the GUI settings won't work any more).

  WORKAROUND (2)

  1. Downgrade to version 1.9.4-1 of libinput: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libinput/1.9.4-1/+build/13855729
  That version contained the fix for this bug, briefly.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: libinput10 1.6.3-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-22.24-generic 4.10.15
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.5-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jun  9 14:52:18 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-08 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170607)
  SourcePackage: libinput
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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