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3. Perhaps temporarily remove your custom configuration to try with the
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default configuration.
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4. Run `libinput-gestures` on the command line in debug mode while
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4. Run `libinput-gestures-setup status` and confirm it reports the set
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up that you expect.
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5. Run `libinput-gestures` on the command line in debug mode while
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performing some 3 and 4 finger left/right/up/down swipes, and some
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pinch in/outs. In debug mode, configured commands are not executed,
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they are merely output to the screen:
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(<ctrl-c> to stop)
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5. Run `libinput-gestures` in raw mode by repeating the same commands as
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6. Run `libinput-gestures` in raw mode by repeating the same commands as
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above step but use the `-r` (`--raw`) switch instead of `-d`
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(`--debug`). Raw mode does nothing more than echo the raw gesture
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events received from `libinput debug-events`. If you see `POINTER_*`
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is done completely within libinput, before they get to
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`libinput-gestures`.
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6. Search the web for Linux kernel and/or libinput issues relating to
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7. Search the web for Linux kernel and/or libinput issues relating to
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your specific touchpad device and/or laptop/pc. Update your BIOS if
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possible.
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7. Be sure that a configured external command works exactly how you want
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8. Be sure that a configured external command works exactly how you want
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when you run it directly on the command line, **before** you configure
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it for `libinput-gestures`. E.g. run `xdotool` manually and
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experiment with various arguments to work out exactly what arguments
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`xdotool` command does not work correctly then there is no point
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raising an `libinput-gestures` issue about it!
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8. **If you raise an issue, always include the output of
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9. **If you raise an issue, always include the output of
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`libinput-gestures -l` to show the environment and configuration you
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are using**. If appropriate, also paste the output from steps 4 and 5
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above. If your device is not being recognised by `libinput-gestures`

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