Questions tagged [touchpad]
Questions related to the configuration and activation of touchpads/trackpads.
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Fujitsu Lifebook AH544 Touch Pad Not Working In Ubuntu 14.04
Fujitsu Lifebook AH544 Touch Pad Not Working In Ubuntu 14.04, resolved.
Made in Germany Laptop
Intel Core i3-4000M processor (2.4 GHz, 3MB)
4 GB DDR3
500GB SATA, S.M.A.R.T.
15.6"DOS1 Year Onsite ...
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Touchpad using libinput instead of synaptics driver
The touchpad on my lenovo x230 is not running the synaptics driver which I need for its increased capabilities. Instead, it's using libinput. How can I get the synaptics driver to take priority on ...
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No smooth scrolling on Chrome for Ubuntu
I did enable the #enable-smooth-scrolling flag in Chrome and rebooted both Chrome and the machine numerous times, but scrolling in Chrome is still just as jumpy. I know it's not hardware issue, as my ...
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How can ı do zoom with touchpad?
I was using windows 11.I could zoom and remove with 2 finger on touchpad. I use ubuntu 20.04 but now ı can't do this. Can you help me ? Is there any code or application for this? Thank you :)
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Grub Bootloader cause touchpad and trackpoint not working
I have dual boot Windows 10 64bit and Ubuntu Mate 16.04 LTS.
A couple weeks ago in January 2017, after I did system update both for Windows and maybe for Ubuntu too (not really remember) my ...
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Error with psmouse serio1: Failed to deactivate/enable on Dell XPS 15 7590
I am having these "psmouse" errors
$ dmesg | grep -i psmouse
[ 13.463294] psmouse serio1: Failed to deactivate mouse on isa0060/serio1: -5
[ 13.943488] psmouse serio1: Failed to enable ...
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Trackpad not working on Ideapad Flex 5 - Ubuntu 23.04
I recently purchased a Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5. I instantly removed Windows 11 Home and installed Ubuntu 23.04. Only problem: the trackpad isn't working. Ubuntu doesn't even recognize the trackpad, as ...
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Touchpad not detected
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 in the new Lenovo Z510 Ideapad laptop. To check if my Touchpad is detected I typed the command
xinput list
and this is my output:
I tried everything mentioned in this, ...
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Touchpad stopped working: [Acer Nitro 5 Ryzen 7 5800H]
Configuration Details: Acer Nitro 5 Ryzen 7 5800H (Radeon with RTX 3060)
OS Details: Ubuntu 21.10, NVIDIA driver 495
The touchpad was working fine with Ubuntu 21.10. Yesterday I updated using apt-get, ...
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How to enable natural scrolling for Logitech T650 touchapd on Wayland?
I've been using a Logitech T650 while running running X11, and have used the following command to set natural-scrolling:
xinput set-prop "Logitech Rechargeable Touchpad T650" "libinput ...
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Ubuntu20.04: TouchPad not work in HP laptop
I tried some solutions from the internet, but all not work.
xinput command
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=...
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Will the Logitech T650 rechargable wireless touchpad work with Ubuntu?
I've searched Google, but haven't found any answer to this. I'm thinking about getting the Logitech T650 wireless touchpad as a replacement for my old mouse. (More information: http://www.logitech.com/...
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Track pad not support in Honor magicbook X16
After installing 22.04 on my Honor Magicbook X16, the trackpad is not detected. I have attempted to use it by following all the instructions, but to no avail. and also gestures is not supported
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Ubuntu 14.04 Laptop: Mouse cursor not moving but mouse buttons work
As the title states the mouse cursor on my laptop isn't moving but the mouse buttons still work. I'm not sure what to do. I have tested the touchpad on Windows and it works fine.
My laptop is a HP ...
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Lenovo touchpad becomes very slow in random intervals on Ubuntu
I just installed a fresh Ubuntu on my Ideapad 3. The touchpad was working fine but then after a while, I noticed it became very slow and hard to move in random instances and then it went back to ...
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How configure gestures on Ubuntu 22.04 lts
On my notebook, how do i configure the touchpad gestures? I use stock ubuntu. My aim are to show activities (all open windows) when i tap with 3 fingers on the touchpad.
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2 finger scrolling stops working after suspend on Ubuntu 22.04
I am having a problem where 2 finger scrolling stops working after suspend. After a reboot it works fine again. I am running a Dell Inspiron 5515. I've gone through the forums where similar problems ...
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Ubuntu Touchpad / USB Mouse Click Event Not Working
I cant able to use my Touch pad as well us USB mouse once i suspend or put my laptop on hibernate. how do i fix it?
once laptop went sleep i cant able perform Button Click using Touch Pad / USB ...
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How to configure one-finger touchpad scroll if some hotkey is pressed?
I often use thumbs to control cursor via touchpad while doing 10-finger touch typing. On Windows and macOS I can configure one finger scroll: if some hotkey is pressed I move thumb over the touchpad ...
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Touchpad not working at all on Toshiba Satellite with 18.04
After a fresh install of 18.04, the touchpad does not work at all on my Toshiba Satellite S55-A5295. Wireless Logitech mouse works perfectly. After an hour of Googling, I'm not able to find a solution....
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How do I completely disable middle click (using wayland on kubuntu 23.10, plasma 5.27) [duplicate]
My laptop's touchpad is a little sensitive and sometimes translates my attempts at left clicks as middle clicks.
I disabled 'middle click paste' in System Settings -> Workspace Behaviour but I ...
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Problem with sound and touchpad in UBnutu
I installed Ubuntu 20.04 in my ASUS ROG G18 laptop, however my touchpad isn't working, especially i couldn't hear any sound from my laptop though i checked every possible settings
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18.04 recently lost tap-to-click at login (gdm)
I recently lost tap-to-click ability at the login screen (gdm). I originally enabled it in 17.10 and it survived into 18.04 until a few days ago. So I'm not sure what happened.
I followed ...
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I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H and cant get the audio, touchpad or brightness adjustement to work
Here is a link to my ALSA info: http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=a8e8f3b7bee298d3d5ff33652668b03a9e849000. Here is my xinput list:
xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master ...
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Touchpad behaviour changes after hibernation on Ubuntu 22.04
When waking up from hibernation, the touchpad behaves different than before hibernation. It is usable, meaning I can move the cursor, use left and right click, scroll etc. but the behaviour changed. ...
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Multitouch with Touchegg on SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
I am running Ubuntu 14.10 with Unity. I would really like to make some multitouch gestures work, so I can use my touchpad to e.g. spread all windows, change workspace, and the like.
My computer has a ...
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Touchpad utilizes CPU even if totally disabled in BIOS and X
I have problems with CPU spikes from irq/204-rmi4_sm when I touch the touchpad in a Lenovo Thinkpad Extreme. I have disabled the Touchpad in BIOS as well as in X. However still the IRQ is fired every ...
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Native touchpad and keyboard are unresponsive on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS running on a HP ProBook 640 G2
My HP ProBook's (running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS) touchpad and keyboard have been unresponsive for a while. As far as I can remember I haven't done any major updates. The problem started on the login page ...
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Touchpad 2 finger scroll speed way too fast in ubuntu 22.04
My ASUS Vivobook S 14 is dual booted with Ubuntu 22.04. The touchpad 2 finger scroll speed is way too fast (like 10 times the normal).
I have looked for various solutions online but none of them ...
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Touchpad in Sony Vaio E14 - cannot click with a finger and drag with another - Ubuntu 12.04
I had the following issues with my Sony Vaio E14115's touchpad on Ubuntu 12.04:
Right click not working
Vertical scrolling not working
Then I followed these steps to fix it:
Downloaded a patch ...
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Touchpad scrolling behavior
So I installed Ubuntu on my new (old) Thinkpad X1 carbon Gen 6. Everything runs pretty much perfectly.
Right now, when I scroll through pages on the touchpad, the page moves when I move my fingers and ...
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Ubuntu 18 touchpad not working properly
My touchpad is not working properly on Ubuntu 18. I can left-click on buttons etc, but the cursor won't move.
This is the result of my xinput:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master ...
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ALPS touchpad detected as PS/2, corrected with psmouse-dkms-alpsv7 but reset after reboot
Hope someone can help me a little with this problem.
I have a Lenovo Ideapad Z510, with a ALPS touchpad. And OS = Kubuntu 14.04 (Windows 8.1 alongside with it)
The touchpad is detected as an PS/2 ...
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I'm having some problems with my notebook's touchpad
I'm having some problems with my notebook's touchpad. This event appeared after I typed the command sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics. The problem is that when I scroll up it goes down,...
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Does Ubuntu support for Intel Ultra 5 prosseccor?
I've bought a lenovo laptop, thinkbook 14 G6+ IMH.
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 5 125H 1.20 GHz
The problem is that I cannot install Ubuntu 22.04 or 23.10, result is "install failed", and ...
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Mouse/Touchpad Settings for Samsung Series 9 in Ubuntu 13.04
I've just installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my Samsung Series 9, and I'm having trackpad issues. The community page for the series 9 indicates that the trackpad (including gestures, etc) works out of the box, ...
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22.04LTS trackpad error
After updating to the latest version of ubuntu 22.04LTS, I was no longer able to swipe with three fingers on the trackpad, making it inconvenient to access activities. Please tell me the solution.
use ...
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Magic Trackpad 2 is not recognized as synpatic touchpad
I have found a lot of posts on the Internet working with Apple Magic Trackpad on Ubuntu. I bought Apple Magic Trackpad 2 and seems like it is not recognized as a touchpad. I can do left click and ...
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Enable horizontal scrolling in Ubuntu
There is no option in Mouse & Touchpad Settings to enable horizontal scrolling in Ubuntu 13.04+ (Raring/Saucy/Trusty) (GNOME 3.8+):
No horizontal scrolling even by enabling two finger scroll or ...
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3 fingers swipe change workspace in Ubuntu 14.04
I just bought an Dell XPS 13 and for my work I have a Macbook.
I want to use the touchpad for changing workspaces. I have found some questions but all the answers provided does not work on Ubuntu 14....
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HP Spectre 13-ak0xxx Cursor seems to auto-click on everything
On HP Spectre Folio Convertible 13-ak0xxx: with Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) cursor seems to auto-click on everything, I pass it over immediately. I checked accessibility and click assist is ...
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Touchpad doesn't work under ubuntu20.04 Kernel 5.15.0-92-generic
I recently installed ubuntu20.04 on my Lenovo Y9000p The touchpad never worked under Ubuntu but worked well under Windows.
Firstly I tried xinput list and got nothing related to my touchpad.
$ xinput ...
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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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Synaptic Touchpad Not Working After 18.04LTS Clean Install
I have a dual Win10 boot and (K)ubuntu 18.04 on a Fujitsu Ultrabook UH572 i5/8GBram and (K)ubuntu is running on a 32GBSSD. After a clean install of (K)ubuntu 18.04 I noticed that the touchpad wasn't ...
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How to change 2-finger touchpad scroll speed on Ubuntu 22.04
Is there a way to change how quickly (or how far) a laptop touchpad scrolls?
This question is specific to 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). Although there are many similar questions, none asks specifically ...
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What will happen if I disable wayland?
One of the after-effects I've noticed is that the three-finger swipe doesn't work. Xdotool key shortcuts also don't work. I wanted to use xdotool, but I have to disable Wayland first. Is there any ...
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for my laptop DEll G15 5510 , in Ubuntu two-finger touch scrolling speed of touchpad is very high
for my laptop DEll G15 5510 , in Ubuntu two-finger touch scrolling speed of touchpad is very high , can anyone suggest soultion to slow it down. I tried few mentioned solutions like changing libinput ...
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How can I make an xinput set-button-map permanent?
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 on a Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 1.
At the bottom of my touchpad are left, middle and right click buttons. I am often accidentally pasting things by clicking the bottom middle of ...
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Why are my keyboard lights not coming on whenever I touch the touchpad?
I just installed Ubuntu 23.10 and everything's working well, except for the touchpad. Before I installed Ubuntu, I was using Windows 11 and when I touched the touchpad, the keyboard lights always came ...
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Ubuntu 22.04. It takes several minutes to detect the touchpad after booting up
I've used my laptop disk on a desktop for a couple of weeks, and after putting it back into laptop I get errors (listed on the screenshot) while booting up. After the system is booted the touchpad won'...