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Detect Palm on a Ubuntu Lenovo ThinkPad Lenovo Laptop with a Synaptics touchpad
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I am unable to enable Palm Detection on my Ubuntu Lenovo ThinkPad Lenovo Laptop with a Synaptics touchpad. I have tried the following commands:
- xinput list
- xinput list-props "id"
- xinput set-prop "id" "Synaptics Palm Dimensions" 5, 5
- xinput set-prop id "Synaptics Palm Detection" 1
I tested my palm against the touchpad and the cursor still moved. I also tried this 'synclient PalmDetect=1 PalmMinWidth=xx PalmMinZ=yy' but this also didn't work.
What am I missing? Are the commands incorrect and what would be the right values? I am setting these values on a terminal and then testing against my touchpad. That should work right? Or do I have to restart my system each time for it to take effect? I have set these values on startup also
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I am unable to enable Palm Detection on my Ubuntu Lenovo ThinkPad Lenovo Laptop with a Synaptics touchpad. I have tried the following commands:
- xinput list
- xinput list-props "id"
- xinput set-prop "id" "Synaptics Palm Dimensions" 5, 5
- xinput set-prop id "Synaptics Palm Detection" 1
I tested my palm against the touchpad and the cursor still moved. I also tried this 'synclient PalmDetect=1 PalmMinWidth=xx PalmMinZ=yy' but this also didn't work.
What am I missing? Are the commands incorrect and what would be the right values? I am setting these values on a terminal and then testing against my touchpad. That should work right? Or do I have to restart my system each time for it to take effect? I have set these values on startup also
touchpad
asked Sep 25 '16 at 20:21
Salil SurendranSalil Surendran
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I am unable to enable Palm Detection on my Ubuntu Lenovo ThinkPad Lenovo Laptop with a Synaptics touchpad. I have tried the following commands:
- xinput list
- xinput list-props "id"
- xinput set-prop "id" "Synaptics Palm Dimensions" 5, 5
- xinput set-prop id "Synaptics Palm Detection" 1
I tested my palm against the touchpad and the cursor still moved. I also tried this 'synclient PalmDetect=1 PalmMinWidth=xx PalmMinZ=yy' but this also didn't work.
What am I missing? Are the commands incorrect and what would be the right values? I am setting these values on a terminal and then testing against my touchpad. That should work right? Or do I have to restart my system each time for it to take effect? I have set these values on startup also
touchpad
asked Sep 25 '16 at 20:21
Salil SurendranSalil Surendran
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I am unable to enable Palm Detection on my Ubuntu Lenovo ThinkPad Lenovo Laptop with a Synaptics touchpad. I have tried the following commands:
- xinput list
- xinput list-props "id"
- xinput set-prop "id" "Synaptics Palm Dimensions" 5, 5
- xinput set-prop id "Synaptics Palm Detection" 1
I tested my palm against the touchpad and the cursor still moved. I also tried this 'synclient PalmDetect=1 PalmMinWidth=xx PalmMinZ=yy' but this also didn't work.
What am I missing? Are the commands incorrect and what would be the right values? I am setting these values on a terminal and then testing against my touchpad. That should work right? Or do I have to restart my system each time for it to take effect? I have set these values on startup also
touchpad
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For anyone looking - the workaround I found was setting AreaRightEdge to 80% of the total. This means that motions, clicks, etc initiated on the right most 20% will be ignored but still leaves the entire touchpad usable as long as a movement is initiated elsewhere (i.e. the middle).
Run this to list out your settings:
synclient -l
For me I got
LeftEdge = 1574
RightEdge = 5368
...
I set AreaRightEdge using the following command
synclient AreaRightEdge=4500
You can use evtest to get a realtime position of your finger to determine the right placement. This solved all my palm detection and phantom movement issues.
answered Sep 19 at 21:35
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I think you are misunderstanding what Palm Detection is. Palm detection disables erroneous touches made by, say, the palm, while typing. If you type continuously, and touch the touchpad while typing, the cursor should not move.
You can test this by holding down a key on your keyboard and attempting to move the cursor with the trackpad. If the cursor moves, then there is an issue. If it doesn't then Palm Detection is working.
The touchpad can't detect your palm, specifically.
answered Sep 25 '16 at 21:49
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If you're trying to stop extraneous cursor movements or clicks from the trackpad whilst you're typing, you should install touchpad-indicator. It has a good selection of preferences to customize its operation.
Using Synaptic, click the RELOAD icon, then the SEARCH icon, enter touchpad-indicator, put a X in front of the only result found to mark it for installation, click the APPLY button.
Once installed, start it from the Unity dash. Set the preferences to autostart. Set the other preferences to your taste. Cheers, Al
answered Sep 25 '16 at 21:55
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I know this is an old question, and my solution would have probably not worked well in 2016, but I fixed this issue by switching to Wayland.
I use the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 3rd Gen, and the palm detection features when using X.org didn't seem to do anything. I knew that the hardware was capable of doing true Apple trackpad style palm detection, because, on Windows, I could rub my palm vigorously across the touchpad and the mouse pointer wouldn't budge.
To switch to Wayland, log out of your user account, and there should be an option on the login page that shows a dropdown with "Wayland" as an option. If not, see this answer for more details.
Voila! I can now smear my whole palm on the touchpad again and not worry about accidental taps and mouse movement.
answered Dec 31 '18 at 4:54
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For anyone looking - the workaround I found was setting AreaRightEdge to 80% of the total. This means that motions, clicks, etc initiated on the right most 20% will be ignored but still leaves the entire touchpad usable as long as a movement is initiated elsewhere (i.e. the middle).
Run this to list out your settings:
synclient -l
For me I got
LeftEdge = 1574
RightEdge = 5368
...
I set AreaRightEdge using the following command
synclient AreaRightEdge=4500
You can use evtest to get a realtime position of your finger to determine the right placement. This solved all my palm detection and phantom movement issues.
answered Sep 19 at 21:35
Kyle ThomasKyle Thomas
111 bronze badge
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For anyone looking - the workaround I found was setting AreaRightEdge to 80% of the total. This means that motions, clicks, etc initiated on the right most 20% will be ignored but still leaves the entire touchpad usable as long as a movement is initiated elsewhere (i.e. the middle).
Run this to list out your settings:
synclient -l
For me I got
LeftEdge = 1574
RightEdge = 5368
...
I set AreaRightEdge using the following command
synclient AreaRightEdge=4500
You can use evtest to get a realtime position of your finger to determine the right placement. This solved all my palm detection and phantom movement issues.
answered Sep 19 at 21:35
Kyle ThomasKyle Thomas
111 bronze badge
add a comment
|
For anyone looking - the workaround I found was setting AreaRightEdge to 80% of the total. This means that motions, clicks, etc initiated on the right most 20% will be ignored but still leaves the entire touchpad usable as long as a movement is initiated elsewhere (i.e. the middle).
Run this to list out your settings:
synclient -l
For me I got
LeftEdge = 1574
RightEdge = 5368
...
I set AreaRightEdge using the following command
synclient AreaRightEdge=4500
You can use evtest to get a realtime position of your finger to determine the right placement. This solved all my palm detection and phantom movement issues.
answered Sep 19 at 21:35
Kyle ThomasKyle Thomas
111 bronze badge
For anyone looking - the workaround I found was setting AreaRightEdge to 80% of the total. This means that motions, clicks, etc initiated on the right most 20% will be ignored but still leaves the entire touchpad usable as long as a movement is initiated elsewhere (i.e. the middle).
Run this to list out your settings:
synclient -l
For me I got
LeftEdge = 1574
RightEdge = 5368
...
I set AreaRightEdge using the following command
synclient AreaRightEdge=4500
You can use evtest to get a realtime position of your finger to determine the right placement. This solved all my palm detection and phantom movement issues.
answered Sep 19 at 21:35
Kyle ThomasKyle Thomas
111 bronze badge
answered Sep 19 at 21:35
Kyle ThomasKyle Thomas
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answered Sep 19 at 21:35
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I think you are misunderstanding what Palm Detection is. Palm detection disables erroneous touches made by, say, the palm, while typing. If you type continuously, and touch the touchpad while typing, the cursor should not move.
You can test this by holding down a key on your keyboard and attempting to move the cursor with the trackpad. If the cursor moves, then there is an issue. If it doesn't then Palm Detection is working.
The touchpad can't detect your palm, specifically.
answered Sep 25 '16 at 21:49
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I think you are misunderstanding what Palm Detection is. Palm detection disables erroneous touches made by, say, the palm, while typing. If you type continuously, and touch the touchpad while typing, the cursor should not move.
You can test this by holding down a key on your keyboard and attempting to move the cursor with the trackpad. If the cursor moves, then there is an issue. If it doesn't then Palm Detection is working.
The touchpad can't detect your palm, specifically.
answered Sep 25 '16 at 21:49
neguspnegusp
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I think you are misunderstanding what Palm Detection is. Palm detection disables erroneous touches made by, say, the palm, while typing. If you type continuously, and touch the touchpad while typing, the cursor should not move.
You can test this by holding down a key on your keyboard and attempting to move the cursor with the trackpad. If the cursor moves, then there is an issue. If it doesn't then Palm Detection is working.
The touchpad can't detect your palm, specifically.
answered Sep 25 '16 at 21:49
neguspnegusp
2,3941 gold badge9 silver badges14 bronze badges
I think you are misunderstanding what Palm Detection is. Palm detection disables erroneous touches made by, say, the palm, while typing. If you type continuously, and touch the touchpad while typing, the cursor should not move.
You can test this by holding down a key on your keyboard and attempting to move the cursor with the trackpad. If the cursor moves, then there is an issue. If it doesn't then Palm Detection is working.
The touchpad can't detect your palm, specifically.
answered Sep 25 '16 at 21:49
neguspnegusp
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answered Sep 25 '16 at 21:49
neguspnegusp
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answered Sep 25 '16 at 21:49
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If you're trying to stop extraneous cursor movements or clicks from the trackpad whilst you're typing, you should install touchpad-indicator. It has a good selection of preferences to customize its operation.
Using Synaptic, click the RELOAD icon, then the SEARCH icon, enter touchpad-indicator, put a X in front of the only result found to mark it for installation, click the APPLY button.
Once installed, start it from the Unity dash. Set the preferences to autostart. Set the other preferences to your taste. Cheers, Al
answered Sep 25 '16 at 21:55
heynnemaheynnema
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If you're trying to stop extraneous cursor movements or clicks from the trackpad whilst you're typing, you should install touchpad-indicator. It has a good selection of preferences to customize its operation.
Using Synaptic, click the RELOAD icon, then the SEARCH icon, enter touchpad-indicator, put a X in front of the only result found to mark it for installation, click the APPLY button.
Once installed, start it from the Unity dash. Set the preferences to autostart. Set the other preferences to your taste. Cheers, Al
answered Sep 25 '16 at 21:55
heynnemaheynnema
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If you're trying to stop extraneous cursor movements or clicks from the trackpad whilst you're typing, you should install touchpad-indicator. It has a good selection of preferences to customize its operation.
Using Synaptic, click the RELOAD icon, then the SEARCH icon, enter touchpad-indicator, put a X in front of the only result found to mark it for installation, click the APPLY button.
Once installed, start it from the Unity dash. Set the preferences to autostart. Set the other preferences to your taste. Cheers, Al
answered Sep 25 '16 at 21:55
heynnemaheynnema
29k3 gold badges33 silver badges76 bronze badges
If you're trying to stop extraneous cursor movements or clicks from the trackpad whilst you're typing, you should install touchpad-indicator. It has a good selection of preferences to customize its operation.
Using Synaptic, click the RELOAD icon, then the SEARCH icon, enter touchpad-indicator, put a X in front of the only result found to mark it for installation, click the APPLY button.
Once installed, start it from the Unity dash. Set the preferences to autostart. Set the other preferences to your taste. Cheers, Al
answered Sep 25 '16 at 21:55
heynnemaheynnema
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I know this is an old question, and my solution would have probably not worked well in 2016, but I fixed this issue by switching to Wayland.
I use the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 3rd Gen, and the palm detection features when using X.org didn't seem to do anything. I knew that the hardware was capable of doing true Apple trackpad style palm detection, because, on Windows, I could rub my palm vigorously across the touchpad and the mouse pointer wouldn't budge.
To switch to Wayland, log out of your user account, and there should be an option on the login page that shows a dropdown with "Wayland" as an option. If not, see this answer for more details.
Voila! I can now smear my whole palm on the touchpad again and not worry about accidental taps and mouse movement.
answered Dec 31 '18 at 4:54
Ryan HartRyan Hart
111 bronze badge
add a comment
|
I know this is an old question, and my solution would have probably not worked well in 2016, but I fixed this issue by switching to Wayland.
I use the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 3rd Gen, and the palm detection features when using X.org didn't seem to do anything. I knew that the hardware was capable of doing true Apple trackpad style palm detection, because, on Windows, I could rub my palm vigorously across the touchpad and the mouse pointer wouldn't budge.
To switch to Wayland, log out of your user account, and there should be an option on the login page that shows a dropdown with "Wayland" as an option. If not, see this answer for more details.
Voila! I can now smear my whole palm on the touchpad again and not worry about accidental taps and mouse movement.
answered Dec 31 '18 at 4:54
Ryan HartRyan Hart
111 bronze badge
add a comment
|
I know this is an old question, and my solution would have probably not worked well in 2016, but I fixed this issue by switching to Wayland.
I use the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 3rd Gen, and the palm detection features when using X.org didn't seem to do anything. I knew that the hardware was capable of doing true Apple trackpad style palm detection, because, on Windows, I could rub my palm vigorously across the touchpad and the mouse pointer wouldn't budge.
To switch to Wayland, log out of your user account, and there should be an option on the login page that shows a dropdown with "Wayland" as an option. If not, see this answer for more details.
Voila! I can now smear my whole palm on the touchpad again and not worry about accidental taps and mouse movement.
answered Dec 31 '18 at 4:54
Ryan HartRyan Hart
111 bronze badge
I know this is an old question, and my solution would have probably not worked well in 2016, but I fixed this issue by switching to Wayland.
I use the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 3rd Gen, and the palm detection features when using X.org didn't seem to do anything. I knew that the hardware was capable of doing true Apple trackpad style palm detection, because, on Windows, I could rub my palm vigorously across the touchpad and the mouse pointer wouldn't budge.
To switch to Wayland, log out of your user account, and there should be an option on the login page that shows a dropdown with "Wayland" as an option. If not, see this answer for more details.
Voila! I can now smear my whole palm on the touchpad again and not worry about accidental taps and mouse movement.
answered Dec 31 '18 at 4:54
Ryan HartRyan Hart
111 bronze badge
answered Dec 31 '18 at 4:54
Ryan HartRyan Hart
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