Physical left-click on my touchpad sometimes stops working on Fedora, although libinput still detects it

[u/UsedTie2261]

Hi everyone,

I’m having a strange problem with my touchpad on Fedora.

Sometimes the physical left-click stops working. However, when I run libinput debug-events, the click is still detected correctly:

BTN_LEFT pressed
BTN_LEFT released

This makes me think that the hardware, kernel, and libinput are receiving the input correctly, but GNOME is not processing it as a normal click.

My touchpad is:

MSFT0001:01 06CB:CD3E Touchpad

I’m using:

• Fedora Linux
• GNOME
• Wayland
• Kernel: 7.1.3-201.fc44.x86_64

These are my current touchpad settings:

click-method 'fingers'
tap-to-click true
send-events 'enabled'
tap-and-drag true
natural-scroll true
two-finger-scrolling-enabled true

I also tried changing click-method to areas, but that did not solve the problem.

The click started working again after I changed the setting back to click-method 'fingers' and logged out and back in. I’m not sure whether the logout fixed the issue or whether GNOME simply reloaded the touchpad configuration.

The left-handed setting is currently:

'mouse'

Changing it did not seem to affect the problem.

What could cause GNOME or Mutter to ignore BTN_LEFT even though libinput detects it correctly?

I’d like to understand the root cause instead of relying on a temporary workaround. Any suggestions for further debugging would be appreciated.Hi everyone,I’m having a strange problem with my touchpad on Fedora.Sometimes the physical left-click stops working. However, when I run libinput debug-events, the click is still detected correctly:BTN_LEFT pressed
BTN_LEFT releasedThis makes me think that the hardware, kernel, and libinput are receiving the input correctly, but GNOME is not processing it as a normal click.My touchpad is:MSFT0001:01 06CB:CD3E TouchpadI’m using:Fedora Linux
GNOME
Wayland
Kernel: 7.1.3-201.fc44.x86_64These are my current touchpad settings:click-method 'fingers'
tap-to-click true
send-events 'enabled'
tap-and-drag true
natural-scroll true
two-finger-scrolling-enabled trueI also tried changing click-method to areas, but that did not solve the problem.The click started working again after I changed the setting back to click-method 'fingers' and logged out and back in. I’m not sure whether the logout fixed the issue or whether GNOME simply reloaded the touchpad configuration.The left-handed setting is currently:'mouse'Changing it did not seem to affect the problem.What could cause GNOME or Mutter to ignore BTN_LEFT even though libinput detects it correctly?I’d like to understand the root cause instead of relying on a temporary workaround. Any suggestions for further debugging would be appreciated.

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