I’m new to linux, running last version of ubuntu MATE. Tried to get fusuma to have a better experience with my touchpad (I’m using an hp notebook). I followed the whole guide for ubuntu users on the Github page, created the config.yml using these two commands:

mkdir -p ~/.config/fusuma

nano ~/.config/fusuma/config.yml

Then I used the config.yml file they provided and got the result you see in this image when I launched sudo fusuma, i.e the error :

config file: /root/.config/fusuma/config.yml is NOT FOUND

Then I run just “fusuma” without sudo and the error disappeared, but fusuma does literally nothing. Can someone please help me with this?

This is the first time I installed a Linux distro (I heard it lowers the possibility of getting a blue screen which happened to me lately result of my SSD dying). So I really don’t understand permissions here (how I run things as administrator like in windows) and the difference between root and home clearly, I don’t even know how to uninstall fusuma to try again now!

  • zaknenouOP
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    1 year ago

    I think I forgot one command, the second one. If so, should I just go again through the whole process or I have to uninstall the changes before that (I don’t know how to do this)

    • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzM
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      1 year ago

      You shouldn’t have to unistall anything, just reboot and try running the program normally (without sudo).

      • zaknenouOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I did the installation multiple times yesterday and shutdown my laptop, now I ran fusuma and I can’t even pinch zoom on a PDF

        • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzM
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          1 year ago

          Did you try this command yet?

          gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events enabled

          • zaknenouOPEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I just now opened the terminal and ran this, nothing happened. The I ran “fusuma” and tried pinch zoom and 3 fingers gestures also nothing happened.

            • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzM
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              1 year ago

              Hmm, in that case I’ve got nothing more sorry, since I don’t use this program myself, nor MATE. You could try asking on fusuma’s github page, or alternatively, I would recommend using Touchégg instead, which is a basically the de-facto program for multi-touch gestures, for people using a non-standard desktop.

              • zaknenouOPEnglish
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                1 year ago

                Okay, I tried it (along with touché the gui, and it’s worst here, it breaks the whole system ability to make use of the touchpad. I guess problem with the gnome version of MATE. Thanks for your help bro