Questions related to the configuration and activation of touchpad/trackpads.
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Mouse moving and clicking on its own in 13.04
I recently upgraded from 12.10 where I had been having some mild touchpad problems. I'm running an Avatar Mercury ultrabook with an elantech touchpad which refuses to support multitouch under 12.10.
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Enabling wheel emulation on Thinkpad Helix (clickpad)
I'm trying to enable wheel emulation on my Thinkpad Helix. The touchpad is button-less (a click-pad).
This is my synaptics configuration:
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "ClickPad" ...
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Mouse and keyboard modules take too long to load after resume from sleep in Ubuntu 13.04
I have Ubuntu 13.04 installed in my Sony Vaio, and I found that, after resumingfrom sleep, keyboard and mouse will not start after about 10 seconds. If I check dmesg I always find the following:
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Macbook Pro 13" Retina (10,2): Keyboard and Touchpad don't work correcltly
I'm dealing with Ubuntu since about 5 years and installed it on several laptops. Now I'm stuck when trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.1 on a brand new Macbook Pro 13" Retina (10,2). I sucessfully can ...
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Cursor changes its position to any random position itself while typing
I am using Kubuntu 12.04, since Ubuntu 11.04 I am facing this problem.
Most of time my pointer's position changes to any random position itself and it start typing somewhere else and sometime content ...
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Synaptics touchpad pressure monitoring? (SHM no longer seems to exists)
I'm thinking of making an application that uses the pressure information from a Synaptics touchpad. It used to be that you could at least monitor this using synclient -m [interval], but from my ...
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Touchpad settings not being applied - 13.04
In Ubuntu 13.04, any time I make adjustments to the sliders within the touchpad area of system settings, they don't seem to apply. If I exit and go back, all sliders are back to their default ...
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Reverse two finger scroll direction?
Two-fingered scrolling is working fine, but is there a way that I can reverse the direction? It seems backwards opposed to the way OSX does it.
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Not recognizing TouchPad, USB, Wifi, or Ethernet on 13.04
Had 12.10 before and things were fine. I am using a Dell Vostro 3550 laptop. All devices work fine from the Live USB drive. But after I actually do the install onto my drive, my touchpad, usb ports, ...
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Mouse and Touchpad options
The Problem
The options for Mouse and Touchpad are combined on one page see image below
The pointer speed moves, but doesn't change anything and is not saved when I exit, also the two finger scroll ...
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Touchscreen acting weird
I have Asus Vivobook S550CM, after I login to ubuntu everything works fine, but after a while of using PC I cannot perform 1 finger touch-to-click action on touchscreen.
When I touch the screen the ...
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how do I install gpointing-device - I seem to have got my brain into a loop
I would like to install the gpointing-device-settings package which I found on the Launchpad website
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpointing-device-settings
I tried:
apt-get install ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Toshiba touchpad not working
I have a Toshiba Satellite T130-10G laptop and I can't get my touchpad to work in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (I have tried also 12.10 and did not work either).
In the same laptop I have Windows 7 installed and ...
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mouse and touchpad has limited settings
I am trying to alter the speed of the pointer when I use a the touchpad.
$ xinput list
displays:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST ...
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ALPS touchpad stops working after reboot
I recently upgraded to 12.04 LTS. My Compaq Presario CQ-40 324la touchpad worked after first restarting after installation. But after restarting a second time, the touchpad is completely disabled, ...
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Trackpad Buttons on 2012 Samsung Series 9 Not Working Properly, appears to double click and doesn't have right click
These buttons work fine in Windows, but not in Ubuntu 12.04. The buttons are part of the trackpad itself so I figure that's what's causing the problems, but is there any way to get Ubuntu to support ...
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Problem with mouse in 13.04
The problem I have been facing since 12.04. After starting up and using a few applications, touch pad of my laptop stops working. I have to use the commands to kill the process for the touchpad and ...
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Synaptics touchpad sensitivity. Issue?
Just installed 12.04 LTS and I experience some problems with my touchpad. Everytime I tap/double tap the touch the cursor is moving around (not static as should be) (for example if I want to close a ...
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Disable pad click on 12.04 - driver problem?
I'd like to disable pad click. Usually it was possible in system settings under mouse and touch pad, but in Ubuntu 12.04 I can't see "touch pad" in mouse and touch pad settings...
I've installed ...
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Kubuntu 12.04 - Touchpad and keyboard stopped working at random
As in the title, I've got this problem with my Kubuntu 12.04.
At first I've thought that the whole system was hung, but it happened again 5 minutes ago and, while the keyboard and the touchpad ...
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Screen flickers when using touchpad Dell Vostro 3550
I've searched here and see that a few people have problems with screen flickering. But I have not found a solution to my problem. The issue only occurs when I use my touchpad/laptop keyboard, and it ...
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How do I make my synclient settings stick? - Ubuntu 13.04
The default setting for synaptics touchpads includes a paste functionality mapped to the upper right corner of the touchpad. I can disable this behavior by running the command
synclient ...
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Lenovo Ideapad P500 - Touchpad Issues
The touchpad on my Lenovo Ideapad P500 only works occasionally, and when it does work it usually stops unexpectedly after a couple minutes of use.
When it does occasionally work, xinput -list outputs
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mouse pointer clicks by itself
Every time I use my touchpad on my laptop, when I'm done using it my mouse pointer starts turning grey from the top of it point and in about a second when it is all grey it clicks automatically. How ...
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Ignore finger resting on trackpad button (Asus s200e)
I recently picked up an Asus s200E and installed Ubuntu 13.04; the issue im having is i cannot rest my finger on the buttons while using my other finger to move the cursor without it locking up in ...
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Minor touchpad annoyance, disabled vertcal scrolling?
I have a dell inspiron 1545 with an ALPS touchpad on raring.
In my previous os I could disable the vertical scrolling function (the right edge of the touchpad) in the mouse settings.
I have found a ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 with eMachines E625 touchpad not working
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on my eMachines E625 laptop.
Earlier it was Windows Vista; I removed it.
It looks nice, but the E625 has a touchpad.
It stopped working after installing Ubuntu.
Currently I ...
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How To Disable Touchpad Running Ubuntu 12.04LTS On Dell Inspiron 1525
The Touchpad on my Dell laptop is an annoyance; while typing, if I inadvertantly strike
it, the "I-beam" (or Mouse Pointer) ends up somewhere other than where I want it.
None of the settings I have ...
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Touchpad double-tap holding is not working
I used to be able to double-tap and hold on my touchpad to drag and drop things. Since I upgraded to oneric ocelot it only works 10% of the time. What program are they using to log the touchpad and ...
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Can you disable PART of a touchpad?
Can you disable only part of a touchpad? I'm using a Lenovo Yoga13, and the touchpad extends down into the click area. So, every time I click, it moves the mouse a little bit. It's pretty annoying.
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How do I get the Touchpad Settings working on a Dell XPS 13" Ultrabook?
Today I got an brand new Dell XPS 13 and I really like it. Wifi/Bluetooth/Brightness works very well. But only the Touchpad makes me insane. Okay, Multitouch is really nice and i love it on my Macbook ...
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Dell Inspiron n5110 touchpad stop working after upgrate to 13.04
I've recently upgraded to 13.04 and touchpad partially stop working on my Dell Inspiron n5110.
The left and right buttons still working but motions and taps don't.
The system does detect my touchpad
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50-synaptics.conf options not working
How does Ubuntu come up with the default synaptics settings? I've got Ubuntu Netbook 10.10 installed on an Eeepc 900. Out of the box TapButton2 was set to 3, and TapButton3 was set to 2.
I have ...
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Reset Synaptics Touchpad
I've got a Samsung Series 9 notebook (900x3a) running Ubuntu Natty. It's running absolutely smoothly except for some times when the touch pad gets "hiccups" and appears to recognize an additional ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Touchpad option not exists
I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 and I have opened Mouse & Touch-pad, but there is no Touch pad tap. I am using a Dell Inspiron 17R 7720 SE.
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Modifying mouse/touchpad sensitivity
I would like to increase my mouse sensitivity. Going to system settings->mouse and adjusting the sensitivity doesn't seem to affect anything. In the previous version I modified it in the advanced ...
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Synaptics Touchpad is not working on ubuntu 12.04
My touchpad wasn't working and I found that code,
sudo modprobe -r psmouse && sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps
But now, when I close and open touchpad from disable/enable button, the ...
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Touchpad right-click doesn't work on my Asus notebook
I just installed 12.04 and I noticed that my Touchpad's right-click isn't working at all. My Touchpad is working fine for 2 finger scrolling it also worked fine under Windows 7. The touchpad has a ...
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Touchpad recognized as generic ps/2 mouse on a Dell Inspiron 13z 5323
After installing Ubuntu my touchpad has basic functionality but no edge scrolling, multitouch, or any advanced features. Xinput list shows it as a generic ps/2 mouse:
⎡ Virtual core pointer ...
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changes made to synclient are being reset
When I make changes to synclient, they are reset to their default values when I lock the pc, log out, or shut down the pc. How can I make sure these changes stick?
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Touchpad not working in Ubuntu 12.04
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 from Windows Vista (Wubi) and use it as a dual boot. However while in the process of installing I turned the touch pad off. And after installation the touchpad is not ...
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Mouse click events are delayed when moving the cursor in xubuntu 12.04
I am trying out live xubuntu on my samsung n150 (netbook, similar to eeepc). So far everything seems perfect, except for this one thing.
When I am clicking the mouse while moving the cursour, the ...
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How to tune touchpad for smaller area?
I just purchased the Asus Zenbook UX31A and I require some advice regarding tuning the touchpad.
Basically my problem is that the mouse buttons are withing the touch area and I would like it to be ...
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Problem with keyboard and trackpad on ubuntu 12.04
Have a really strange issue with my keyboard and trackpad after installing ubuntu 12.04. It picked up both fine with the livecd and in the install, but for quite awhile now, I find when I power my ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 three-finger window moving not working anymore
I juste upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 on my Samsung New Series 9 (NP900X4C-A01FR).
Before, in 12.10, I could move/minimize/maximize the windows, using 3 fingers. These 3 functions doesn't work anymore.
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How to disable touchpad while using trackpoint on a Thinkpad?
Thinkpads (e.g. X230 that I'm using) have both a trackpoint and a touchpad. The touchpad is disabled when typing.
However, when I'm using the trackpoint, I often touch the touchpad as well, and ...
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How to configure the touchpad middle click?
In almost all the large modern Linux distributions and in the last releases of Ubuntu-based distributions the touchpad was configured out of the box to have right,left and middle clicks and you could ...
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There is no two finger scroll option in my “Mouse and Touchpad” settings
I've been scouring forums over the interwebs for several months now and I can't seem to find anyone with my problem. I simply do not have the option for "two-finger scrolling" available in my "Mouse ...
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My TouchPad is not responding on an Acer Aspire E1-471-6650
I recently bought an Acer Aspire E1-471-6650 and I already have problems. First, when I tried to use the touchpad on a LiveCD, it wasn't responding. When I installed it in my notebook, it wasn't ...
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“E: Unable to locate package touchpad-indicator” even after adding repository and enabling sources
I'm trying to install the touchpad-indicator discussed here:
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/touchpad-indicator-now-automatically.html
but I keep getting this error, even after using Software Center ...
