Use packaged Dell XPS touchpad haptics

[jacob-vincent-mink]

Summary

• move Dell XPS Synaptics haptics out of omarchy and into the new dell-xps-touchpad-haptics package in OPR
• install that package automatically on supported Dell XPS systems
• replace the old setup flow with Toggle > Hardware > Touchpad Haptics
• migrate existing installs off the legacy in-repo service and onto the packaged service

Details

• keep hardware detection in omarchy with omarchy-hw-dell-xps-haptic-touchpad
• add package install wiring via install/packaging/dell-xps-touchpad-haptics.sh
• remove the old in-tree daemon/update/setup commands and legacy service bootstrap
• add omarchy-toggle-touchpad-haptics, which cycles these preset levels:
  • low
  • mid
  • high
• use normal Omarchy notifications when the level changes
• expose the control at:
  • Toggle > Hardware > Touchpad Haptics

Migration

• keep a single migration that:
  • disables and removes the old dell-xps-haptic-touchpad.service
  • removes the old env/rule/override wiring
  • installs dell-xps-touchpad-haptics
• service enable/restart is owned by the package install hook in omarchy-pkgs

Dependency

• depends on omacom-io/omarchy-pkgs#86

Testing

• bash -n bin/omarchy-hw-dell-xps-haptic-touchpad bin/omarchy-toggle-touchpad-haptics bin/omarchy-menu install/packaging/dell-xps-touchpad-haptics.sh migrations/1777653181.sh
• git diff --check

Hardware test

• install the package from omarchy-pkgs
• run:
  • PATH="$HOME/src/github.com/jacob-vincent-mink/omarchy/bin:$PATH" omarchy-toggle-touchpad-haptics
• verify the menu entry appears on supported Dell hardware
• verify the toggle cycles through the three presets and the packaged daemon logs the changes

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR makes the Dell XPS Synaptics haptic touchpad daemon configurable via a user config file, adds hardware detection + setup/update commands for intensity, and exposes the control via the Omarchy Setup menu (with a migration for existing installs).

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Changes:

• Add Dell XPS haptic touchpad detection plus setup/update commands to manage intensity.
• Update the haptic daemon + systemd service wiring to read the desktop user’s config path via an EnvironmentFile.
• Extend Setup > Input to include a Dell haptics entry (and migrate existing installs to the new service wiring).

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File	Description
migrations/1777653181.sh	Migrates existing Dell XPS installs to refresh the service and apply the configurable path.
install/config/hardware/dell/fix-xps-haptic-touchpad.sh	Updates the systemd unit to optionally load /etc/omarchy-dell-haptic-touchpad.env and uses the new hardware detector.
bin/omarchy-update-dell-haptic	New command to write intensity config + env file and restart/reset trackpad/service.
bin/omarchy-setup-dell-haptic-touchpad	New interactive/setup wrapper (gum input) around the update command.
bin/omarchy-menu	Adds an Input submenu and exposes “Touchpad Haptics” on supported Dell systems.
bin/omarchy-hw-dell-xps-haptic-touchpad	New hardware detection helper for Dell XPS Synaptics haptic touchpads.
bin/omarchy-haptic-touchpad	Reads intensity from user config and supports runtime refresh via mtime/SIGHUP.

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[dhh]

This is great! But I'd like to do the following:

• Extract omarchy-haptic-touchpad into a new package called dell-xps-touchpad-haptics that we put in OPR.
• This new package should expose dell-xps-touchpad-haptics cli which offer something like get, set which we can then call from Omarchy
• We install this new package if the synaptic haptic engine is detected on new install and via migration
• We add Toggle > Hardware > Touchpad Haptics which will cycle through 3 pretermined levels: low, mid, high with a notification for feedback.

[jacob-vincent-mink]

Thanks for the feedback @dhh! 30/60/90 works for low/medium/high? Or - any other opinion on which levels made the touchpad feel better?

I’ll get on this after I finish travels in a day.

[dhh]

I haven't actually tried, but let's just try with that? I'll tweak them after trying it on the real hardware.

[jacob-vincent-mink]

@dhh I've updated omacom-io/omarchy-pkgs#86 towards your feedback and have updated this PR to use it.

After messing around with the numbers on my system, I found 10/50/100 to be more "obvious" when toggling, but you might find different.

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