Better control of touchpad "mouse" acceleration?

[Mx.Alba]

Hello everyone,

I’ve recently started using Garuda Linux (DR460NIZED edition) on my ThinkPad T495 and so far I love it - there’s just one little niggle: I can’t seem te find how to get better control of mouse pointer acceleration? In the KDE settings, I can only turn it on or off, but even turning it on doesn’t appear to do much for the touchpad. So I want to be able to increase the acceleration, but I’m unable to find where or how to do that.

I did find a topic from May this year by @Somnodeus but it appears that they didn’t get an answer to their question - or maybe they found the solution but didn’t post it in that topic. So if you’re still lurking around, Somnodeus, maybe you could tell us how you solved it?

[SGS]

Apart from missing garuda-inxi, did the mouse have a separately settings app?

[Mx.Alba]

System:
Kernel: 6.10.10-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=983f8cbe-fd3d-48e2-a068-52fc8d3e1126 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=808f17a0-f0f6-4fec-b509-5d7fc3d2cba3 loglevel=3 splash
ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.6.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20NKS0UU2M v: ThinkPad T495
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 20NKS0UU2M serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: LENOVO_MT_20NK_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad T495 uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: LENOVO v: R12ET55W(1.25 ) date: 07/06/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 42.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.8/50.5 Wh (84.9%)
volts: 12.8 min: 11.5 model: SMP 02DL008 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: full cycles: 713
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U w/ Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Zen/Zen+ note: check gen: 1 level: v3 note: check
built: 2019 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x18 (24)
stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8108102
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB
desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1233 min/max: 1400/2100 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1233 2: 1233 3: 1233
4: 1233 5: 1233 6: 1233 7: 1233 8: 1233 bogomips: 33535
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega
Series / Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8 class-ID: 0300 temp: 48.0 C
Device-2: Bison Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 4-2.1:4 chip-ID: 5986:2130
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.2
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1366x768 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.2.3-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
(radeonsi raven LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.57 6.10.10-zen1-1-zen)
device-ID: 1002:15d8 memory: 1.95 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.295 layers: 7 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Vega 8 Graphics (RADV RAVEN) driver: mesa radv v: 24.2.3-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:15d8 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 24.2.3-arch1.1 (LLVM 18.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP
Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_pci_acp3x v: kernel alternate: snd_rn_pci_acp3x,
snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
snd_sof_amd_acp63 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.5
chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h HD Audio
vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.10.10-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 3400 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0f0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 2000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 4-1:2
chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 5 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 33.18 GiB (13.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKKF256G8L
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: L15P temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 229.37 GiB size: 229.37 GiB (100.00%)
used: 28.31 GiB (12.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 229.37 GiB size: 229.37 GiB (100.00%)
used: 28.31 GiB (12.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 229.37 GiB size: 229.37 GiB (100.00%)
used: 28.31 GiB (12.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 229.37 GiB size: 229.37 GiB (100.00%)
used: 28.31 GiB (12.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 5.67 GiB used: 3.16 GiB (55.8%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 48.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 6 GiB available: 5.67 GiB used: 4.4 GiB (77.7%)
Processes: 346 Power: uptime: 1d 11h 47m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 3 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 2.26 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1572 libs: 479 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-09-28
Last full system update: 2024-10-02 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

I don’t know of a specific settings app for the laptop’s touchpad… If there is one, that could obviously solve the issue for me.

[SGS]

@Mx.Alba

laptop’s touchpad

If I read mouse, I do not think on the touchpad , sorry.
Language barrier

[Mx.Alba]

I apreciate that. I’ve updated the topic title to be more clear.

[Sunda-Spirit]

Mini Mouse, indispensable