You can use a bash script to start Firefox and add the line to use XINPUT2 to this file.

#!/bin/sh

export MOZ_USE_XINPUT2 DEFAULT=1
cd <path to firefox srcipt>
./firefox

I wish I knew what that meant, haha. Don't worry about helping me, it'd take too long for me to learn.

cor-el said

You can use a bash script to start Firefox and add the line to use XINPUT2 to this file.

---

#!/bin/sh

export MOZ_USE_XINPUT2 DEFAULT=1
cd <path to firefox srcipt>
./firefox

Sorry to bother you, but I've been trying to do the bash script, this is what I've done, I know it's not correct, but I would appreciate it if you could guide me in the right direction from here.

The code I posted needs to be in a text file (e.g. firefox-touch), so you can open a (plain) text editor and paste these lines in the file. You need to use the chmod command or a file manager (properties) to set the execute (x) flag for the file.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod

When you start Firefox by using this file then the environment variable will be set.

#!/bin/sh

export MOZ_USE_XINPUT2 DEFAULT=1
cd /usr/bin/firefox
./firefox

cor-el said

The code I posted needs to be in a text file (e.g. firefox-touch), so you can open a (plain) text editor and paste these lines in the file. You need to use the chmod command or a file manager (properties) to set the execute (x) flag for the file.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod

When you start Firefox by using this file then the environment variable will be set.

---

#!/bin/sh

export MOZ_USE_XINPUT2 DEFAULT=1
cd /usr/bin/firefox
./firefox

I set it to execute and when I ran it in terminal this is the error that popped up

Did you verify that is Firefox installed in this directory?

Firefox is probably installed in "/usr/lib/firefox", so if this is the file to start Firefox then try:

#!/bin/sh

export MOZ_USE_XINPUT2 DEFAULT=1
/usr/bin/firefox

cor-el said

Did you verify that is Firefox installed in this directory? Firefox is probably installed in "/usr/lib/firefox", so if this is the file to start Firefox then try:

#!/bin/sh

export MOZ_USE_XINPUT2 DEFAULT=1
/usr/bin/firefox

So I did this, and it opened firefox no problem, however, the touchscreen gestures still didn't work. It just behaved normally. __________________

1. !/bin/sh

export MOZ_USE_XINPUT2 DEFAULT=1

cd /usr/lib/firefox ./firefox __________________

That's what the textfile looks like as of right now

Sorry about the confusion. This line should of course be:

• export MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1

cor-el said

Sorry about the confusion. This line should of course be:

• export MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1

Awesome! It worked great!