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Created November 7, 2024 04:12
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Fix Synaptic touchpad issues on Dell laptops on Linux
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local-overrides.quirks
# /etc/libinput/local-overrides.quirks
[Device]
MatchName=SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
MatchUdevType=touchpad
MatchBus=ps2
# We need to add a valid DMI modalias match as required
MatchDMIModalias=dmi:*
# Disable the device by telling libinput to ignore its input properties
AttrInputProp=-INPUT_PROP_POINTER
# Turn off all event handling for this device
AttrEventCode=-EV_ABS;-EV_KEY
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watzon commented Nov 7, 2024

It basically just comes down to disabling the Syntapics touchpad driver. On Wayland you can use libinput quirks to do it. Put the above file in /etc/libinput/local-overrides.quirks then run sudo chmod 655 /etc/libinput/local-overrides.quirks and restart your computer.

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