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Re:Linux touchpad like a MacBook: April 2020 update by alias_neo on Friday May 01, 2020 @09:03AM (#23041563)
I'm sure so far as when I login I select "Ubuntu on Wayland" and when I search through the output of top for "wayland" it's there. I'm not sure how else I prove I'm running Wayland. The machine I'm sending this from now is still running 18.04 on "Wayland" and I cannot set the DPI independently for each monitor, if I select my external monitor and set 200% and click "Done", I get 200% on all displays.
Re:Linux touchpad like a MacBook: April 2020 update by vetinari on Friday May 01, 2020 @02:55PM (#23045309)
You don't have to prove anything (but informatively, the way to detect wayland session is to check for XDG_SESSION_TYPE env variable). Also, just for curiosity, what GPU are you using?

It is quite possible that 18.04 has some bugs. I don't have 18.04 machine with hidpi monitor at hand, so I can't have a look myself, so I chalk it up that there is something weird happening.

Re:Linux touchpad like a MacBook: April 2020 update by alias_neo on Saturday May 02, 2020 @03:29AM (#23050070)
Thanks for the tip. The XPS 15 that I've tested this most on has a 1050.

I'm using the proprietary Nvidia driver.

My XPS 13 is using Intel from an 8th gen i7.