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I tried to configure palm detection on xfce, like it worked fine in Ubuntu 15.04:

TOUCHPAD_STRING="touchpad"
TP=$(xinput --list --short | grep -i $TOUCHPAD_STRING | cut -f 1 | cut -d" " -f 5- | sed 's/\s\+$//g')
xinput --set-prop "$TP" "Synaptics Palm Detection" 1
xinput --set-prop "$TP" "Synaptics Palm Dimensions" 5, 5

everything seems correct: echo $TP:

SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad

and 

xinput --list-props "$TP"|grep Palm

shows the correct setting:

Synaptics Palm Detection (320): 1
Synaptics Palm Dimensions (321):    5, 5

But these settings seem to have no effect on Ubuntu Studio 15.10

How can I make this work?

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  • It is not related to xfce. It depends on a touchpad model. Please ass output of xinput to your question.
    – Pilot6
    Oct 31, 2015 at 9:12
  • @Pilot6 sure this is related to xfce, in Unity on the same mashine it works
    – rubo77
    Oct 31, 2015 at 9:41
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    Run syndaemon -i 1 -K -d
    – Pilot6
    Oct 31, 2015 at 9:51

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You can add syndaemon -i 1 -K -d to startup applications.

Probably Ubuntu Studio has not it on default.

You can also play with parameters. I use

syndaemon -i 2 -tKRd

You can get details by running man sysdaemon

You will need to disable the palm detection option in system settings. Otherwise the cursor may freeze if two instances of syndaemon is running.

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  • Is this permanent? Or do you have to add it to your start applications?
    – rubo77
    Oct 31, 2015 at 13:13
  • It is not permanent. You can add it to startup applications.
    – Pilot6
    Oct 31, 2015 at 13:43

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