How to configure the touchscreen of my laptop

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Stefmx
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How to configure the touchscreen of my laptop

#1 Post by Stefmx »

I have a fujitsu T4310 laptop with a touchscreen and mx linux 21.3 on it. Touchscreen work with one and 2 fingers but not like i would.
Is there a way to customize the touchscreen? Under microsoft windows i scroll in a browser windows with 1 finger tip and i can zoom in and out with 2 finger tips.
Under mx linux i have to take 2 finger tips to scroll in a browser and i don´t know how to zoom in and out. And i have to wait 2 second before i can scroll with a 2 finger tip. If i swipe to early with the 2 finger, nothing will happend.
Maybe i have to take another driver for the touchsreen. But i don´t know how.
Hope anybody can give me a tip.

Here comes my mx quick info:

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Snapshot created on: 20250602_0100
System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-35-amd64 [5.10.237-1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-35-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin 4.8.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower August 11  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: FUJITSU SIEMENS product: LifeBook T4310 v: 10601155984 
           serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 v: LifeBook T4310 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: FUJITSU model: FJNB206 v: K5 serial: <filter> BIOS: FUJITSU // Phoenix 
           v: Version 1.05 date: 09/30/2009 
Battery:   ID-1: CMB2 charge: 36.9 Wh (90.0%) condition: 41.0/41.0 Wh (100.0%) volts: 12.2 
           min: 10.8 model: Fujitsu CP384590-01 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Unknown 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo T6570 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn family: 6 
           model-id: 17 (23) stepping: A (10) microcode: A0B cache: L2: 2 MiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 8378 
           Speed: 1243 MHz min/max: 1200/2101 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1243 
           2: 1242 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected 
           Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: EPT disabled 
           Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Fujitsu Limited. 
           driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2a42 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Chicony FJ Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-4:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b186 
           class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: intel display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x211mm (13.3x8.3") 
           s-diag: 398mm (15.7") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1280x800 hz: 60 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express (CTG) v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Fujitsu Limited. driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-35-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Broadcom NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe vendor: Fujitsu Limited. 
           driver: tg3 v: kernel port: 1c00 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1692 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Fujitsu Limited. 
           driver: ath9k v: kernel modules: wl port: 1c00 bus-ID: 18:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:002a 
           class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Askey [hex] type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 6-2:3 chip-ID: 1690:0741 
           class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1 
           sub-v: 149c hci-v: 2.1 rev: 149c 
           Info: acl-mtu: 310:10 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 13.41 GiB (5.8%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT250BX100SSD1 size: 232.89 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> 
           rev: MU01 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 105.37 GiB size: 103.15 GiB (97.90%) used: 13.41 GiB (13.0%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda5 
           maj-min: 8:5 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: 26.8 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: 2316 note: see --pkg apt: 2302 lib: 1124 flatpak: 14 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tmiland.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/tmiland-archive-keyring.gpg] https://deb.tmiland.com/debian ./
Info:      Processes: 218 Uptime: 20h 54m wakeups: 3 Memory: 3.76 GiB used: 1.89 GiB (50.2%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

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Re: How to configure the touchscreen of my laptop

#2 Post by CharlesV »

Welcome in!

On MX21 for my HP's I believe I had to install touchegg, run the daemon ( touchegg --daemon ) and then I had touch screen.

On mx23, libinput does quite a bit, once I installed liquorix kernel's. If I want to setup more gestures, then touchegg is the way.

I dont recall if installing touchegg added the configuration or if I had already done it, but you can find more information here:
https://www.baeldung.com/linux/touchpad-gestures
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Re: How to configure the touchscreen of my laptop

#3 Post by Stefmx »

Thank you for your answer CharlesV. I am not sure if we mean the same. Touchegg is a programm to control the behavior of the touchpad.
I want to control the behavior of my touchscreen. Or does touchegg can control a touchscreen too? Than i would gave it a try.

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Re: How to configure the touchscreen of my laptop

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Stefmx wrote: Tue Jun 03, 2025 4:25 pm Thank you for your answer CharlesV. I am not sure if we mean the same. Touchegg is a programm to control the behavior of the touchpad.
I want to control the behavior of my touchscreen. Or does touchegg can control a touchscreen too? Than i would gave it a try.
Touchegg works both.
https://github.com/JoseExposito/touchegg
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Re: How to configure the touchscreen of my laptop

#5 Post by Stefmx »

OH great. Thanks for the quick reply CharlesV. I will try but it takes time. I am newbie in linux and habe to learn a lot how to do simple things.

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Your very welcome and no worries.. we all had to start at 'the beginning" :-)
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Re: How to configure the touchscreen of my laptop

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I try to install touchegg.
the command sudo apt install touchegg didn´t work because touchegg can´t be find.
Then I install it over mx package installer. The installation run successfully. But if I run touchegg in terminal to test
the installation I get a error massage:

Touchégg v2.0.17.
Starting Touchégg in client mode
Parsing your configuration file...
Using configuration file "/usr/share/touchegg/touchegg.conf"
Configuration parsed successfully
Connecting to Touchégg daemon...
Error connecting to Touchégg daemon: Could not connect: Connection refused
Reconnecting in 5 seconds...
Error connecting to Touchégg daemon: Could not connect: Connection refused

Any suggestion how to solve the problem connection refused I would be very gradeful for

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Re: How to configure the touchscreen of my laptop

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Stefmx wrote: Mon Jun 02, 2025 10:03 pm

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           Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin 4.8.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower August 11  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Is this post in the right forum location, e.g., in MX Modified considering OP uses a different WM and DE ?
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Re: How to configure the touchscreen of my laptop

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m_pav wrote: Thu Jun 05, 2025 2:59 am
Stefmx wrote: Mon Jun 02, 2025 10:03 pm

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           Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin 4.8.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower August 11  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Is this post in the right forum location, e.g., in MX Modified considering OP uses a different WM and DE ?
I agree with you. Moved to MX Modified.
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Re: How to configure the touchscreen of my laptop

#10 Post by j2mcgreg »

Stefmx wrote: Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:39 am I try to install touchegg.
the command sudo apt install touchegg didn´t work because touchegg can´t be find.
Then I install it over mx package installer. The installation run successfully. But if I run touchegg in terminal to test
the installation I get a error massage:

Touchégg v2.0.17.
Starting Touchégg in client mode
Parsing your configuration file...
Using configuration file "/usr/share/touchegg/touchegg.conf"
Configuration parsed successfully
Connecting to Touchégg daemon...
Error connecting to Touchégg daemon: Could not connect: Connection refused
Reconnecting in 5 seconds...
Error connecting to Touchégg daemon: Could not connect: Connection refused

Any suggestion how to solve the problem connection refused I would be very gradeful for
Since you are using Cinnamon and Muffin, you probably should also be using SystemD.
HP 15; ryzen 3 5300U APU; 500 Gb SSD; 8GB ram
HP 17; ryzen 3 3200; 500 GB SSD; 12 GB ram
Idea Center 3; 12 gen i5; 256 GB ssd;

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