I am currently using Fedora 43 KDE, and this issue only recently popped up. My trackpad is being exceptionally borky, I can’t accurately use it without any jitters and jumps! I have no idea why this is happening. Like when I try and click a button, the trackpad decides to jump to the button below for who knows why. For reference, when I use a mouse, it tracks fine, and the touchscreen still works. I think my stylus does as well. It’s just something to do with the trackpad. How do I fix my trackpad? Is there a way to “recalibrate” it or something?

The issue does not disappear when I a) restarted sddm and b) restarted my computer

Video link for reference: https://codeberg.org/sbird/video_share/src/branch/main/Screencast_20260203_101257.webm (p.s. if anyone knows a better solution to sharing videos that doesn’t involve making accounts, please let me know! Codeberg isn’t really designed for this…)

edit: It’s way worse now, the trackpad has a mind of its own!!! A link to a screencap (I tried my best to keep it in the rectangular box…): https://codeberg.org/sbird/video_share/src/branch/main/Screencast_20260203_102732.webm

My trackpad has fully gone rogue, it’s moving incredibly erratically and now it’s even clicking and holding when I’m not! Infuriating indeed.

edit 2: I have restarted again and it magically seemed to fix itself! That’s fun. Why the first restart didn’t work I have no idea. Two is bigger than one I guess, and bigger is always better…

  • sbird@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    All the function buttons work, aside from the MyASUS one (since there is no Linux version of it, but that should be obvious. You are probably able to remap it to do other stuff though). I am able to change the brightness of the screen but not sure if it’s DC or PWM dimming. There is probably a thing you can install to figure that out.

    For Howdy, I found that the latest version of Fedora (43) kind of borked it since Python 3.14 isn’t supported (some dependency issue) so I had to install a fork which bundles the dependency, and now it works!

    I am using KDE (not GNOME) which does support quarter windows which is pretty neat. I also found that KDE is much more customisable than GNOME (though some might prefer GNOME’s libadwaita aesthetic)

    I personally use LibreOffice, which is awesome and works most of the time, but occasionally there’s a weird formatting bug when viewing from MS Office. OnlyOffice is also quite good and apparently has better MS office compatibility, which I can attest to, but unless you’re doing anything super critical, LibreOffice should be fine.

    I thoroughly encourage you to dip your toes into the world of penguinland! Fedora is a great starting point, and lets you pick between so many DEs too…(KDE Plasma and GNOME being the main two, but Fedora also offers some different ones too, like Budgie and COSMIC)