sway: Cannot disable an input device

Using swaymsg input <identifier> events disabled (with identifiers taken from swaymsg -t get_inputs), I can disable many devices (trackpad, mouse, internal and external keyboard) but not my wacom pen. Any idea?

Edit: I was able to disable it with xinput --disable 'Wacom ISDv4 EC Pen' under X11 with libinput, so that should not be a libinput issue.

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Created 5 years ago
Comments: 21 (20 by maintainers)

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sway: disable Wacom pen when lid is close now works The bug I reported was fixed in libinput. * downstream: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/3443 * upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libin... — committed to mdeff/dotfiles by mdeff 4 years ago
sway: disabling Wacom pen when lid is closed now works The bug I reported was fixed in libinput. * downstream: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/3443 * upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/li... — committed to mdeff/dotfiles by mdeff 4 years ago

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Fixed in libinput: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/commit/0d06bfc4e27bf4a56a7f34b3f20c4a61570e765c

emersion on May 26, 2020

Reported here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/issues/476

emersion on Apr 28, 2020

After looking at the libinput source, it appears that libinput supports LIBINPUT_CONFIG_SEND_EVENTS_DISABLED for all devices, except tablet tools.

that’s a bug, please file one in libinput for this. tablets have a different backend so I probably forgot to implement this bit there and no-one noticed.

whot on Apr 27, 2020

(Context about “doesn’t necessarily mean it’s completely disabled”)

The Send Events Mode is libinput’s terminology for disabling a device. It is more precise in that the device only stops sending events but may not get fully disabled. For example, disabling the touchpad on a Lenovo T440 and similar leaves the top software buttons enabled for the trackpoint. Available options are enabled (send events normally), disabled ( do not send events), disabled on external mouse (disable the device while an external mouse is plugged in).

https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/configuration.html

emersion on Jan 19, 2019

Please upgrade wlroots.

emersion on Jan 17, 2019