Here are the two relevant Touchpad entries from two different desktops - the first includes the gnome desktop Xorg.0.log, which works out of the box, the second the lxqt desktop with the issues described above.
The second file includes EE entries, the first doesn't
GNOME
Code:
[mak@jmak-pc ~]$ grep Touchpad /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 5.200] (II) config/udev: Adding input device DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad (/dev/input/event9)
[ 5.200] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
[ 5.200] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: Applying InputClass "libinput touchpad catchall"
[ 5.200] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad'
[ 5.201] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: always reports core events
[ 5.202] (II) event9 - DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[ 5.204] (II) event9 - DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: device is a touchpad
[ 5.204] (II) event9 - DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: device removed
[ 5.204] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 13)
[ 5.205] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[ 5.205] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 5.205] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 5.206] (II) event9 - DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[ 5.208] (II) event9 - DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: device is a touchpad
[ 5.208] (II) config/udev: Adding input device DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad (/dev/input/mouse1)
[ 21.519] (II) event9 - DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: device removed
LXQT
Code:
grep Touchpad /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 8.514] (II) config/udev: Adding input device DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad (/dev/input/event17)
[ 8.514] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
[ 8.514] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: Applying InputClass "libinput touchpad catchall"
[ 8.514] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: Applying InputClass "touchpad"
[ 8.514] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: Applying InputClass "Default clickpad buttons"
[ 8.514] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: Applying InputClass "libinput touchpad catchall"
[ 8.514] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad'
[ 8.514] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: always reports core events
[ 8.515] (II) event17 - DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[ 8.517] (II) event17 - DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: device is a touchpad
[ 8.517] (II) event17 - DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: device removed
[ 8.542] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 14)
[ 8.542] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[ 8.542] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 8.542] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 8.544] (II) event17 - DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[ 8.545] (II) event17 - DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: device is a touchpad
[ 8.545] (II) config/udev: Adding input device DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad (/dev/input/mouse1)
[ 8.545] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: Applying InputClass "touchpad"
[ 8.546] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: Applying InputClass "Default clickpad buttons"
[ 8.546] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad'
[ 8.546] (**) DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: always reports core events
[ 8.562] (EE) libinput: DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad: Failed to create a device for /dev/input/mouse1
[ 8.562] (EE) PreInit returned 2 for "DELL0741:00 06CB:7E7E Touchpad"