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Librem 14 Touchpad click methods only available with libinputs < 1.18

Summary

On the Librem 14, when using Libinput version 1.18.0-1 libinput list-devices says "none" click methods are available. When using prior libinput versions, like 1.17.3-1, the click methods *button-areas clickfinger are available. I am using the button-areas mode for a convenient right-clicking, so it would be nice if that would be supported in current versions as well.

Note: When executing libinput list-devices an error is shown regarding the touchpad (see attached output).

Steps to reproduce

I guess it's a issue with this specific touchpad, so I guess you cannot reproduce this issue withut one. However, in general reproducing the issue is as simple as:

  • Install a libinput version prior to 1.18 (e.g. 1.17.3-1)
  • Run libinput list-devices
  • Check the available click methods for this touchpad
  • Install libinput version 1.18 (tested with 1.18.0-1) and repeat

For the changes to actually take effect (right click working via area mode) it seems like a reboot is required.

Required information

  • libinput version: 1.17.3-1 / 1.18.0-1 as availabe here.
  • hardware information: Laptop: Librem 14
  • modalias output: dmi:bvncoreboot:bvr4.14-Purism-1:bd06/18/2021:br4.14:efr0.0:svnPurism:pnLibrem14:pvr1.0:rvnPurism:rnLibrem14:rvr1.0:cvnPurism:ct9:cvr:
  • libinput record output: n/a (if I'm wrong with this and it is needed in this case, I'll gladly submit this later!)
  • libinput debug-events --verbose output: n/a (if I'm wrong with this and it is needed in this case, I'll gladly submit this later!)

Commad outputs:

Edited by Septem9er
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