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Every time I restart Ubuntu the touch pad is set to disabled. I have to manually trigger it via the keyboard short cut (FN + F7). How can I set it so it is automatically enabled?

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  • Was this happening after you log in or before?
    – RolandiXor
    Aug 12, 2015 at 3:04

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Instead of manually "enable touchpad", you can add the command in startup application.

xinput list

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You can access any element by its ID.

Enable Touch pad device by setting to "1"

xinput set-prop 12 "Device Enabled" 1

You can add this command in startup applications
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This is not a recommended solution, if you find any better solutions prefer them.

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  • No luck. even tried xinput enable 12 in start up program.
    – Avro
    Dec 29, 2013 at 20:05
  • I added the screenshot of xinput , you can access touchpad by its id. Here I have my id = 12, so,I used "set-prop 12". replace it with your id Dec 30, 2013 at 1:48
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system settings --> mouse&touchpad.
click enable touchpad.

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    looking for a more automatic solution.
    – Avro
    Dec 29, 2013 at 20:04

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