Touchpad's "dead" areas - unable to start touch

[ldrahnik]

, in my case both sides of Touchpad for like half centimeter except the bottom corners where I am not able start the touch but tracking already started touch there works. Does anyone else have the same problem?

[outerpasta]

My laptop does this. It seems like an intended feature, does it not?

           Icon name: computer-convertible
             Chassis: convertible
   Chassis Asset Tag: No Asset Tag
    Operating System: Fedora Linux 43 (Workstation Edition)
         CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43
      OS Support End: Wed 2026-12-02
OS Support Remaining: 9month 4w
              Kernel: Linux 6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64
        Architecture: x86-64
     Hardware Vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
      Hardware Model: ROG Flow X16 GV601RM_GV601RM
    Hardware Version: 1.0
    Firmware Version: GV601RM.318
       Firmware Date: Thu 2023-09-21
        Firmware Age: 2y 4month 1w 6d

[ldrahnik]

Yeah, thank you, it looks like a protection and definitely intended feature (the edge areas are mapped to palm):

(base) ldrahnik@Zenbook-UP5401EA:~$ libinput debug-events --verbose
libinput version: 1.20.0
...
event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device is a keyboard
  ... event0  - lid: keyboard paired with Lid Switch<->AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
  ... event12 - palm: dwt activated with ASUE140D:00 04F3:31B9 Touchpad<->AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
-event2   DEVICE_ADDED            Power Button                      seat0 default group1  cap:k
-event14  DEVICE_ADDED            Video Bus                         seat0 default group2  cap:k
-event0   DEVICE_ADDED            Lid Switch                        seat0 default group3  cap:S
-event1   DEVICE_ADDED            Power Button                      seat0 default group4  cap:k
-event5   DEVICE_ADDED            ELAN9009:00 04F3:2E36             seat0 default group5  cap:t  size 300x184mm ntouches 10 calib
-event8   DEVICE_ADDED            ELAN9009:00 04F3:2E36 Stylus      seat0 default group5  cap:T  size 300x190mm calib
-event11  DEVICE_ADDED            ASUE140D:00 04F3:31B9 Mouse       seat0 default group6  cap:p left scroll-nat scroll-button
-event12  DEVICE_ADDED            ASUE140D:00 04F3:31B9 Touchpad    seat0 default group6  cap:pg  size 125x72mm tap(dl off) left scroll-nat scroll-2fg-edge click-buttonareas-clickfinger dwt-on
-event13  DEVICE_ADDED            ASUE140D:00 04F3:31B9 Keyboard    seat0 default group6  cap:k
-event15  DEVICE_ADDED            Intel HID events                  seat0 default group7  cap:k
-event4   DEVICE_ADDED            Asus WMI hotkeys                  seat0 default group8  cap:k
-event3   DEVICE_ADDED            AT Translated Set 2 keyboard      seat0 default group9  cap:k
   2: event12 - palm: touch 0 (TOUCH_BEGIN), palm detected (edge)
  ... event12 - button state: touch 0 from BUTTON_STATE_NONE    event BUTTON_EVENT_IN_AREA     to BUTTON_STATE_AREA   
 351: event12 - button state: touch 0 from BUTTON_STATE_AREA    event BUTTON_EVENT_UP          to BUTTON_STATE_NONE   
 event3   KEYBOARD_KEY            +2.880s	*** (-1) pressed
 event3   KEYBOARD_KEY            +2.984s	*** (-1) pressed
^C
event2  - Power Button: device removed
event14 - Video Bus: device removed
event0  - Lid Switch: device removed
event1  - Power Button: device removed
event5  - ELAN9009:00 04F3:2E36: device removed
event8  - ELAN9009:00 04F3:2E36 Stylus: device removed
event11 - ASUE140D:00 04F3:31B9 Mouse: device removed
event12 - ASUE140D:00 04F3:31B9 Touchpad: device removed
event13 - ASUE140D:00 04F3:31B9 Keyboard: device removed
event15 - Intel HID events: device removed
event4  - Asus WMI hotkeys: device removed
event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device removed