Questions tagged [touchpad]
Questions related to the configuration and activation of touchpads/trackpads.
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Why would syndaemon disable only tap-to-click?
I'm running a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 on a Gigabyte Aero 14. The Aero includes an Elantech touchpad. Output of xinput is:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)...
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Touchpad settings not available on ubuntu 16.04 for dell latitude
I did a fresh install of ubuntu 16.04 on my new latitude E5570. The mouse/touchpad settings only has the General and Mouse sections, nothing to change the touchpad options (like inverse scroll). The ...
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Touchpad registers as pointer in X
I got a new ASUS K501U laptop and installed Ubuntu 16.04 on it. I'm running kernel 4.7 although I had the same issue in 4.3. Multitouch features like two-finger scrolling aren't working. The touchpad ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 touchpad stops working after login
I've just installed Ubuntu 16.04 on an Acer Aspire E5-552-T574 and I'm dual booting with Windows 10.
Touchpad works just fine in Windows but in Ubuntu it only works before I log in and for a few ...
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keyboard and touch pad not working hp pavilion g6 ubuntu 16.04
So back two days ago I was trying to install KDE on my Ubuntu 16.04 and it didn't go well (might not be the cause) and when I restarted my the keyboard and touchpad just doesn't work.
I tried ...
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Kubuntu 16.04 - Touchpad not working
I installed Kubuntu 16.04 on my laptop but I don't get my touchpad to work. However it does work on live-boot from usb, but not on the installed system.
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics is already ...
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Multitouch gestures with laptop touchpad in Kubuntu
I'm trying to use multitouch gestures on my Acer Aspire VN7-791G with Kubuntu 16.04 installed. Using two fingers to scroll horizontally and vertically works well, so does using three fingers as a ...
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Dell XPS 15 touchpad issues
I have a Dell XPS 15 9550, and I recently installed Ubuntu on it along with windows (separate drives). Ubuntu is great and I love it, but I ran into some troubles with my touchpad.
The XPS has a ...
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I use a MOUSE not a joystick, please no more joystick answers! How do I change my pointer so I can see it better? [duplicate]
I am an old fart that has a tough time keeping an eye on my MOUSE pointer. In Windows you can go to control panel, click on "mouse" and change the pointer style, how fast my cursor goes across the ...
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Elantech Touchpad on Ubuntu 16.04.1
I'm running ubuntu gnome 16.04.1 on my hp pavilion ab048tx (ci5 5th) having an Elantech touchpad. I've tried various dkms fixes available on the internet (including psmouse-elantech-x551c and psmouse-...
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Trackpad and keyboard inoperative after suspend in 16.04
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 on a Acer Aspire R5-471T with a Synaptics SynPS/2 touchpad. When I suspend and unsuspend, the trackpad and keyboard are frequently nonresponsive when I return. (This does not,...
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Bluetooth Trackpad losing settings on Kubuntu 16.04
I have an Apple Trackpad 1 connected to a Kubuntu 16.04 system (Intel NUC).
The trackpad basically works, but it loses its configuration settings. I have configured it to use reverse vertical ...
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Problems scrolling down -Ubuntu 16.04
I have a HP Compaq Tc4400 with 2,5gb RAM with Intel Core Duo T5600 / 1.83 GHz. and I have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I can't scroll down with the trackpad. There is a site allowed in the trackpad in the ...
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How do I disable touchpad tap to click on Ubuntu 16.04? [duplicate]
Well I tried on "mouse and touchpad" but there isn't any option to disable tap to click:
Then I tried:
synclient MaxTapTime=0
That returned:
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver ...
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Touchpad only starts working after suspend on Ubuntu 16.04 of Asus laptop [duplicate]
I have a weird problem with my ASUS K556UB laptop.
When I start the computer, the touchpad doesn't work, it is shown in
xinput output and in /proc/bus/input/devices.
Here's the weird part: it starts ...
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Mouse Jumps all around in 16.04
I just ran apt upgrade and apt autoremove on my laptop (with a touchpad and a touchscreen) and now my mouse is acting bizarre. When I attempt to move the mouse it jumps all around the screen and when ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 two finger scroll problem
Recently I did a Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 upgrade on my Dell Inspiron - 5000 series.
After performing the upgrade I noticed the two finger scroll is not working any more.
The option in the settings ...
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Problem w/ mouse and Pavilion g6
I just fresh installed Ubuntu 16.04 on a HP Pavilion g6 PC (Prod# D6R46EA).
Once the login pop (greeter screen) the left click on mouse (either touchpad or usb) is irresponsive.
Should I switch to ...
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How do I get rid of the flickering green line on the bottom of my screen?
There is an annoying green line with white dots on the bottom of my screen. The left side as the dots, and they are constantly flickering and it is a great distraction. I've only seen this after ...
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Trackpad not found Ubuntu 14.04
hello I have a problem with my trackpad ,that it cant be found by my Ubuntu 14.04. I have followed this guide Install Synaptics but this error appears as I type synaptiks
No touchpad found
No ...
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wacom tablet intuos DRAW ( CTL-490 ) FAR not work perfectly
tablet name : Wacom tablet intuos DRAW small ( CTL - 490 )
current OS : KDE Ubuntu 16.04 ( 64 bit ) ( Hungarian )
current kernel : 4.4
problem : the wacom tablet is recognize as Joystick, but ...
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Macbook air 2008 rightclick with trackpad
The question Macbook Air Touchpad did not solve my issue, after trying the answer there
I have a 2008 macbook air running Xubuntu 16.04 LTS. I somehow got my trackpad's right-click working with my ...
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16.04: Elantech touchpad not working on new laptop
I recently bought an HP 14-an013nr, which was released within the last two months. It has an Elantech touchpad that does not seem to work. That is, motions with my finger do not result in ...
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Disable Pinch/Zoom Logitech K400 Keyboard Touchpad
When scrolling or using touchpad on the K400, heat of fingers, or accidental grazing occurs quite often, activating the Pinch and Zoom functions. However these functions are tied to keycode 37 (...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro Touchpad 3/4 finger swipe
I have a lenovo Yoga 2 Pro running 16.04 and Gnome 3.20.
I'd like to enable 3/4 finger swipe actions:
3 finger swipe left/right = back/forward in browsers(ALT+Left/ALT+Right)
3 Finger swip up/down ...
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How to enable multi-touch gestured with Apple Magic Trackpad on Ubuntu 16.04
I've successfully paired my Apple Magic Trackpad (first revision) by Bluetooth. The cursor movement, single/double-click and two-finger scroll - works great.
But I'd like to enable other gestures, ...
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Are there any good external trackpad devices that work well with Ubuntu?
Are there any good external trackpads that work well with Ubuntu? So far, I've found that the Logitech T650 should work, but it seems to be discontinued and out of stock in most places. I've got RSI ...
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How to configure my touchpad to switch between workspaces with a swipe
I want to switch between workspaces on my Ubuntu 16.04LTS with a swipe on my touch pad. I read some questions and answers here to find a solution before asking. but there is no horizontal scrolling ...
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How can I enable touchpad functions like two finger scrolling etc?
How can I enable touchpad functions like two finger scrolling, etc., on Ubuntu 14.04?
When I used Windows those functions worked, here they don't.
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Synaptics Touchpad 3 finger swipe for Forward/Back
I've searched and searched but can't find anything concrete for what i'm looking for.
In windows, i can do a 3 finger swipe left or right on the touchpad to go back/forward in a browser or file ...
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Syndaemon Crashes or Locks up
I am trying to use syndaemon -i1 to disable my touchpad while typing.
After a few key strokes, the touchpad will be permenantly disabled (only fixed by a reboot) and will not be re-enabled.
I am ...
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Alps touchpad vertical/horizontal resolution
I've installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Lenovo Yoga 500 14-ISK. Everything works as it should, except the touchpad. It does recognize multitouch, right clic (not zooming multitouch but I dont know if this ...
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Disable touch-pad while typing doesn't work in Lubuntu
Disable touch-pad while typing doesn't work in the latest Lubuntu. So far I tried two solutions, non of them worked:
Adding syndaemon -d -t line to ~/.config/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart and restart. (...
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How to enable touchpad, without changing touchpad settings in BIOS to basic
I tried a lot to make touchpad enable in Ubuntu 16.04.1. I reinstalled drivers, kernals, was using synclient(as a matter of fact it has never changed "TouchpadOff" option), dconf. The only ...
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Touchpad scroll is slow in VMware for ThinkPad
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 on VMWare 12.1, I have a Lenovo Thinkpad. The toucpad two finger scrolling in Windows is smooth and it accelerates when I move my fingers, it is also good when I use in an ...
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Lubuntu 16.04 touchpad problems
I recently upgraded my 900x3a notebook from 14.04 -> 16.04.
Since then the touchpad performance is bad. The pointer will sometimes freeze or execute ungiven commands. When this happens I often see an ...
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Kubuntu 16.04 on Dell XPS 9550 trackpad woes part 2: my hand keeps hitting the trackpad and moving the cursor
Believe it or not, this is the first time I'm using a laptop with a trackpad (until now, all my laptops have been Thinkpads, and I've always disabled the trackpad on those. However, my T61p was ...
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Disabling Chrome Swipe navigation - Two Finger "back"
Quite recently Chrome has taken up the nasty habit of interpreting errant horizontal scrolling to mean "Go back," which is deeply frustrating. I hit the back button rarely enough that I do not foresee ...
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Is there a driver for the touchpad of the Dell Latitude E7270?
The touchpad on the Dell Latitude E7270 works out of the box, but there is no possible configuration about it.
In the mouse settings, there is no tab for the touchpad.
I searched for the model of ...
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ASUS TP200 Touchpad gestures doesn't work (16.04) [duplicate]
eronis@Asus:~$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ FTE1000:00 0B05:...
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Fully disable "tap and drag gesture" for synaptics touchpad
I recently got a new Dell XPS 15 9550, and I followed the instructions of the OP in this thread https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2317843 to set it up to dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04. ...
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How can I decrease the mouse sensitivity in zsnes?
I'm using zsnes 1.51 on Ubuntu 16.04. The mouse speed in zsnes is way too high. I'm actually using a touchpad and if I move my finger just a little bit, the cursor moves too much.
Is there any way to ...
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How do I make sure the touchpad is enabled on reboot?
Just installed Ubuntu Mate, and am facing a strange issue: I have to manually enable the trackpad every-time I reboot the system..
It's getting quite annoying, and if anyone can help out by creating ...
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Is there a ubuntu remote keyboard app?
I want to use a BQ M10 and a nexus4 together as a convergance desktop system. But can't find any app that can turn the nexus into a bluetooth or wifi remote keyboard/touchpad.. This way i can travel ...
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Installing Ubuntu 16.04 on macbook 12 retina 2015
I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Macbook 12' retina 2015. I have been able to install it but the keyboard, the touchpad and WiFi actually does not work... I am trying to find informations but I ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 with linux 4.7-rc6 kernel
I know (and I did it) how to make an USB key with Ubuntu 16.04 amd64 on it.
What I do need for a special hardware purpose is a kernel 4.7-rc6 on this USB key because only this will bring support for ...
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Thinkpad T460P: Scrolling jumps to top on 2 finger touch
I've noticed in Chrome at least, if I take my fingers off my touchpad for a few seconds, and put them back down, there's a very good chance it triggers something that scrolls to the top of the page ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 failing to suspend and opening applications by itself
I have a very strange problem. After installing stock Ubuntu 16.04, I noticed that whenever I close the lip on my laptop and come back a few hours later, every application (on the launcher) is running ...
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Logitech Touchpad T650 problem: working fine on Ubuntu 14.10, but not on any other later version
I am having a major difficulty with my Logitech T650 touchpad in the newer versions of Xubuntu.
On all (x)Ubuntu versions afterward 14.10 till the recent version 16.04 (except 14.10 itself), the ...
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Mouse pointer jumps to lower left just before left clicking when using touchpad
I have an Asus Zenbook UX305 with 16.04 and Unity installed. When using the trackpad ("Elan touchpad" identified by xinput), I use my right hand for maneuvering the mouse pointer, and my left for ...
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