Re: Touchpad synaptics changes name after resume

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com>]

Op 03/12/2022 om 13:11 schreef Will Mengarini:
> * Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> [22-12/03=Sa 10:37 +0000]:
> > $ uname -a
> > Linux t440 6.0.0-0.deb11.2-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian
> > 6.0.3-1~bpo11+1 (2022-10-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> > I have two scripts that enable/disable touchpad
> > [running the commands]
> > xinput enable "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
> > xinput disable "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
> >
> > The problem is that xinput(1) changes the
> > name of the touchpad every now and again:
> >
> > $ dmesg| grep -i synaptics |grep "as /devices"
> > [463340.358242] input: Synaptics TM2722-001 as
> > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/i2c-0/0-002c/rmi4-00/input/input319
> > [505228.803682] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as
> > /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input335
> > [505234.019989] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as
> > /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input338
> >
> > [...]
>
> Can $(xinput --list) tell you the current name of the device?
> You may have to grep for "Synaptics" in the output.


Please re-read my OP.


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