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Anyone have RSI problems with mice? I switched to a touchpad over 10 years ago, and my right hand RSI problems went away. But with an Ubuntu 16.04 upgrade, th

Anyone have RSI problems with mice? I switched to a touchpad over 10 years ago, and my right hand RSI problems went away. But with an Ubuntu 16.04 upgrade, the touchpad driver went to hell (don't get me started...) and I've been using a mouse again for the last several months. So far no problems, but I really wish I could go back to my once-trusty Logitech touchpad.

mnm1 9y ago
Yes. I'm waiting for Apple magic track pad 2 support in Linux before I switch. It's by far the best track pad I've ever used. Unfortunately Linux track pad support is shit as you point out. I'm hopeful it won't be in a few years. And people still wonder why Linux on the desktop will never happen. This is why.
- creeble 9y ago
  My experience was that my trackpads worked perfectly with 12.04 and 14.04, but in 16.04 they changed the driver to... something that uses 'synclient' to adjust parameters. And this was a disaster; there are some 60 params that affect operation, and many of them have completely non-working defaults (like you sweep your finger across the touchpad and it randomly selects stuff). I tried for weeks to try and find some synclient settings that made my trackpad work as well as it did in 12.04, to no avail. I have another machine still running 14.04 (don't ask) and the trackpad still works perfectly. I tried posting on StackExchange, but I am apparently the only person (besides you?) that cares about Linux support for trackpads, or has trouble with the support in the current driver. So yes, I'll second your comment about Linux on the desktop.
  - creeble 9y ago
    And yes, I tried going back to the old driver used in 14.04 (psmouse!) on 16.04 to try and get it to work, and I can't seem to make that work either. Hardware and Linux. Ugh.
  - mnm1 9y ago
    Which trackpad do you use? It seems anything more than point and click is almost hopeless, though I did get gestures working on the built in MBPro trackpad in Linux Mint.

mnm1 9y ago

Yes. I'm waiting for Apple magic track pad 2 support in Linux before I switch. It's by far the best track pad I've ever used. Unfortunately Linux track pad support is shit as you point out. I'm hopeful it won't be in a few years. And people still wonder why Linux on the desktop will never happen. This is why.

creeble 9y ago
My experience was that my trackpads worked perfectly with 12.04 and 14.04, but in 16.04 they changed the driver to... something that uses 'synclient' to adjust parameters. And this was a disaster; there are some 60 params that affect operation, and many of them have completely non-working defaults (like you sweep your finger across the touchpad and it randomly selects stuff). I tried for weeks to try and find some synclient settings that made my trackpad work as well as it did in 12.04, to no avail. I have another machine still running 14.04 (don't ask) and the trackpad still works perfectly. I tried posting on StackExchange, but I am apparently the only person (besides you?) that cares about Linux support for trackpads, or has trouble with the support in the current driver. So yes, I'll second your comment about Linux on the desktop.
- creeble 9y ago
  And yes, I tried going back to the old driver used in 14.04 (psmouse!) on 16.04 to try and get it to work, and I can't seem to make that work either. Hardware and Linux. Ugh.
- mnm1 9y ago
  Which trackpad do you use? It seems anything more than point and click is almost hopeless, though I did get gestures working on the built in MBPro trackpad in Linux Mint.