Touchpad Scrolling sensitivity too high

Hello guys,

I have a SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad and I have installed xf86-input-synaptics drivers which allows me to change a lot. But the scrolling sensitivity/speed is too high and I can't find an option to reduce that.

Is there a way I can reduce it?

Thank you

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System:    Kernel: 5.14.7-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 

parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=fe1af568-2885-4a8e-bc9a-c6b70a7e48bf 
rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3 

Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM 

Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux 

Mobo: WALTON model: WTEX4105SL serial: <filter> UEFI: INSYDE v: 1.07.03TWM date: 08/22/2019 

Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 34.4 Wh (98.6%) condition: 34.9/35.3 Wh (98.9%) volts: 12.6 min: 11.4 

model: Notebook BAT type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging 

CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-10210U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake note: check 

family: 6 model-id: 8E (142) stepping: C (12) microcode: EA cache: L2: 6 MiB 

flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 33599 

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5: 1585 6: 1598 7: 1575 8: 1595 

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Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
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Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
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Graphics:  Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: i915 v: kernel 

bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9b41 class-ID: 0300 
Device-2: Chicony Chicony USB2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:3 
chip-ID: 04f2:b649 class-ID: 0e02 
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Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 157 size: 310x170mm (12.2x6.7") diag: 354mm (13.9") 
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Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.37 running: yes
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bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:02f0 class-ID: 0280

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IF: enp6s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>

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Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: N/A

Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A

Info:      Processes: 261 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 2 Memory: 7.46 GiB used: 2.31 GiB (30.9%) Init: systemd
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First off, I'd check touchpad in system settings and relevant options.
But I guess you already did it.
You then could check here.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Touchpad_Synaptics#Frequently_used_options
E.g., but not limited to:
If your touchpad is too sensitive, use higher values for FingerLow and FingerHigh and vice versa. Remember that FingerLow should be smaller than FingerHigh

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Hello,

Thanks for that.

I realized that the config file is not working. I disabled touchpad and it is still working. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to do a restart after editing a config file?

I think a reboot is always the best solution, although after xorg changes you have to restart the X server (so maybe a logoff/logon would be ok, even just a startx).

Maybe it is not working due to this initial warning in the wiki?

This article details the installation and configuration process of the Synaptics input driver for Synaptics (and ALPS) touchpads found on most notebooks.

Warning: xf86-input-synaptics is no longer actively updated. If possible, use libinput. For some reasons why you might still prefer xf86-input-synaptics, see, e.g. [1] and [2].

Note: If you want to configure touchpad via GNOME Settings, you need to use the libinput driver.[3]

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Yes thank you.

Changing VertScrollDelta did the trick for me. I set it to around -260.

PS:
This article also helped me - Finally real smooth scrolling on Linux with the touchpad and Chrome 54

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Sure, so the wiki for synaptics worked :wink:.
Should be this part
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Touchpad_Synaptics#Natural_scrolling

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