[Bug 1686081] Re: If -synaptics is installed, GNOME Mouse & Touchpad Settings doesn't work
Alex
1686081 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu Mar 22 10:36:40 UTC 2018
Daniel,
I have added 'synclient' command with options I want to gnome-session-
properties, and at login everything works as expected:
a-cat at laptop:~$ synclient | grep -E 'TapButton|HorizTwoFingerScroll'
HorizTwoFingerScroll = 0
TapButton1 = 1
TapButton2 = 2
TapButton3 = 3
But if for whatever reason I restart gnome-shell (with Alt+F2 r or
gnome-shell --replace) I end up with mutter's settings:
a-cat at laptop:~$ synclient | grep -E 'TapButton|HorizTwoFingerScroll'
HorizTwoFingerScroll = 1
TapButton1 = 1
TapButton2 = 3
TapButton3 = 2
It's not a big deal, I don't restart gnome-shell every day, but I am
lazy, so I bind 'synclient' command with my preferred option to a custom
shortcut, so I can get my settings back quickly after restarting gnome-
shell.
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Title:
If -synaptics is installed, GNOME Mouse & Touchpad Settings doesn't
work
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Status in mutter package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in xubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful:
Confirmed
Status in mutter source package in Artful:
Confirmed
Status in xorg source package in Artful:
Invalid
Status in xubuntu-meta source package in Artful:
Fix Released
Bug description:
I'm splitting this issue off from LP: #1685542 (which made xserver-
xorg-input-all no longer recommend xserver-xorg-input-synaptics) for
tracking the remaining issues.
gnome-control-center only supports libinput. If xserver-xorg-input-
synaptics is installed (because it's used by some desktops which
haven't been ported to libinput yet), synaptics overrides libinput.
That makes gnome-control-center's Mouse & Touchpad settings panel only
show basic settings and important configurations don't work.
Questions
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1. Which desktops/apps still need -synaptics?
- Unity
- Xfce?
- LXDE? LXQt?
All the other major desktops have already been ported (LP: #1417980)
2. Can these apps be ported or removed before 18.04 LTS is released?
3. Can the desktops be ported and how bad is it if they are not ported
and -synaptics is no longer available?
4. If -synaptics can't be removed completely from 18.04 LTS, does it
make sense to have gnome-control-center Conflicts: xserver-xorg-input-
synaptics?
5. Is there any other way we can fix this conflict?
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