an input device commonly found on laptops, used in place of a mouse. Also called a touchpad.
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Where can I download the Synaptics Touchpad suite?
On Synaptics website, they advertise the Synaptics Touchpad suite for Linux, but it is not available for download. Am I looking in the wrong place? How do I get a hold of this?
This would solve my ...
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Is it possible to use mac trackpad gestures on a linux virtualbox? (macbook pro)
Specifically, I would just love to use the trackpad to do "three finger swipes" and switch between workspaces, that would just be slick as hell.
I imagine this might require a plugin or some such ...
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How do you enable multi-touch for lubuntu 12.04 on my HP MINI trackpad?
I have an HP MINI 110 with a multi touch trackpad. I have lubuntu 12.04 installed. I can't right click to save my life.
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Trackpad Default settings
I have manipulated my track pad speed and acceleration with this program "pointing device". It works independently from native mouse and track pad settings. But I didn't like it and wanted to get back ...
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My multimedia keys arent working, and cause eratic behavior [duplicate]
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How do I disable multimedia buttons on my laptop? The system sees them as a trackpad resulting in erratic behavior.
I have a sony viao vgn-cs16t and the multimedia keys ...
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How do I disable multimedia buttons on my laptop? The system sees them as a trackpad resulting in erratic behavior.
I have this Sony Vaio, VGN-CS16T, running 12.04. It is a chinese computer that has not been sold outside of south east asian markets. I don't read chinese, so I can't find a lot of support for it.
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Macbook 1.1 trackpad not moving diagonally?
I'm having problems with my MacbookPro1.1's trackpad under Ubuntu 12.04. Whilst moving diagonally, it wiggles from side to side, as if the trackpad's X and Y are conflicting.
Also, if I move my finger ...
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Apple Magic Trackpad aftrer upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu 12.04 (64 Bit) - Multitouch not working!
The title describes my problem. On Ubuntu 11.10 Multi-touch worked fine on my Apple Magic Trackpad. Now i have only "ONE-FINGER-Control". Scrolling is only possible on the right side of the pad with ...
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How to assign middle mouse click to two finger tap?
I have just updated to 12.04 and I am trying to assign two finger tap to my track pad. I know the code, just need to understand how to set it permanently because at the moment I need to input the code ...
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Mac Air trackpad suddenly doesn't respond [closed]
When the trackpad stops responding, this leaves me unable to do anything, including shutting down. Is there a fix?
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Disable Kubuntu mouse autoclick [closed]
I've got an annoying problem with Kubuntu.
When I stop moving my mouse (using a trackpad), it autoclicks.
I've found a soultion for Ubuntu, but I can't find it in Kubuntu 11.10, so I'd like to know ...
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Multitouch Trackpad Gestures Dell XPS 15
I'm trying to enable some multitouch gestures to mirror what OS X is capable of doing, such as brushing three fingers across the trackpad to switch desktops, swiping two fingers to navigate back in ...
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I can't install the multitouch driver if I do `sudo apt-get install xf86-input-multitouch`
I am running Ubuntu 11.10 and have added the mactel ppa but I can't install sudo apt-get install xf86-input-multitouch
I have done this:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mactel-support && sudo ...
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How do I file a bug for a trackpad?
I believe I've found a regression in click-and-drag on my laptop's trackpad, and it's proving to be very annoying. I'd like to file a bug, but I have no idea what package I should file against.
I've ...
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How do I enable OSX-like three-finger swipes in 11.10 and 12.04?
In MacOSX the default settings is to move back/forward a page in Firefox when I do a three-finger swipe left/right.
In Unity, three-finger-swipes invokes window movement.
How can I configure ...
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How do I move a window when two-finger scroll is enabled?
I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my MacBook Pro, and I have enabled two-finger scroll.
Now I'm unable to move a window with the trackpad, which is usually done by click-and-holding the window title ...
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Ignore finger resting at the bottom of trackpad [unibody macbook pro]
I have 2 finger scrolling working, and the three finger window movement works great, but something thats really bothering me is that I can't rest my thumb on the bottom of the trackpad like I can in ...
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Synaptics Touchpad - Three fingers works, 1 finger doesn't [closed]
I'm running 11.10, and my touchpad does not work. I have tried the terminal thing:
gconftool-2 --set --type boolean
/desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad_enabled true
Ubuntu detects the ...
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Why is my Dell Inspiron 1720's keyboard and trackpad inactive after resume from suspend? [closed]
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 on my Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop, and it works perfectly apart from coming out of suspend.
The login screen comes up, but the keyboard and trackpad are completely unresponsive. ...
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Need driver for Alps touchpad on a Vaio F2 VPCF2190X that supports Multi-touch
I have a Sony Vaio VPCF2190X with an Alps Multi-touch trackpad, and I can't use multi-touch. Is there a resolution?
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The mouse pointer moves by itself [closed]
On my laptop, when I use the trackpad, the mouse pointer continues to move in the direction of my last move, as long as I keep my finger in contact with the trackpad (although my finger is still).
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Prevent mouse cursor from jumping around [closed]
I've been using Ubuntu 11.10 (fresh install) for a month on a Asus N43SL.
Mouse pointer has gone haywire this morning. It had been working fine before except for the occasional freeze which was ...
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magic trackpad - Ubuntu
I've been using a mac in my job for a while now. The only feature I like about it above my ubuntu (on an HP) is the trackpad. I love doing the strokes to move between different files. It really makes ...
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Trackpad Freezes often [closed]
I have newly installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my system and as soon as I start my system the trackpad freezes and I have to restart the system once again and there after every few minutes this keeps ...
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How do I enable my synaptics trackpad?
When I booted 11.10 from the Install CD, everything worked fine.
However, once I installed Ubuntu, my trackpad stopped working - does anyone know why this is so?
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Trackpad randomly not responding on a Medion E1210 netbook [closed]
On my Medion E1210 netbook, the trackpad disables all of a sudden after a few minutes after booting.
I must reboot the netbook in order to have it enable (until it crashes again !)
Ubuntu 11.10, ...
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Touch pad 2 finger scroll not working [closed]
I purchased a new Samsung Series 7 laptop, Model: 700Z5B to be exact. I have everything working great using Ubuntu 11.10, the only issue is that the 2 finger scroll on the track pad does not work. ...
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Middle mouse click emulation on trackpad, how can I set it?
I've just updated to Ubuntu 11.10 and I'm using Unity. Since the update I can no longer use 'Middle Clicks' with the Track-pad. Tab-browsing in Firefox has become a pain :(
I used to swap the 'three ...
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Sluggish/unresponsive trackpad on pre-unibody MacBook Pro
I am running Ubuntu Natty Narwhal on pre-unibody MacBook Pro (2007 I believe).
There seems to be a problem with trackpad - it barely works, in order to move cursor you have to move your finger a lot, ...
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Cannot scroll using trackpad on Sony Vaio
since upgrading my vaio notebook to Ubuntu 11.10, I am unable to scroll using my trackpad. Tried all means to no avail. Please suggest a step by step process to solve the problem. This has almost left ...
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Grab Handles appearing randomly, causes erratic mouse behavior
I did a clean install of Ubuntu 11.10 recently. Every so often, Grab Handles will appear on the active window. Sometimes they simply disappear after a few seconds without causing me any problems.
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Separate touchpad sensitivity
For gaming precision on PC, I have disabled mouse acceleration. The mouse speed works as I wanted to, however the touchpad is just too slow.
Is there a way to have separate cursor speed for mouse and ...
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Magic Mouse inertial scrolling and multi-touch gestures
Is it possible to use inertial two finger scrolling on Ubuntu with a magic mouse and also set up 3 finger swipes to trigger actions in compiz?
Maybe using touchegg?
I know it's possible with the ...
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How do I activate scrolling on my trackpad?
I have an Acer Aspire 5738, and the trackpad allows for scrolling. It worked in Natty and Maverick, but doesn't work on my fresh installation of Oneiric stable. How do I get this to work?
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Mouse freezes and trackpad doesn't work anymore [closed]
Currently I have installed the daily build of Oneiric and gnome-shell. However it randomly occurs, that my trackpad of my laptop won't work anymore although i can plug in an external USB mouse and ...
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gpointing-device-settings lost on reboot
I've been using gpointing-device-settings to enable both two-finger and edge scrolling on my trackpad, but it seems to not "remember" after reboot. The settings are still "ticked" in ...
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Touchpad scroll not working on Acer Aspire One
I just installed Ubuntu Netbook Version 10.04 LTS on an Acer Aspire One and it works perfectly, but For some reason I'm not allowed to use the little scrollpad at the side of the trackpad to scroll ...
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Trackpad/Touchpad not responding on an Acer Aspire 5333-2880. How can I get it to work again?
Im a new Ubuntu user, well new to Unix actually even if usually work with MacOS I had never really looked into it.
I installed Ubuntu on my laptop a few days ago and so far everything was going well, ...
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Swapping the double and triple finger tap actions on trackpad
I am looking for a way to swap the 'tap' action when using two and three fingers. At the moment, as standard, double-finger-tapping right clicks, and tripple-finger-tapping middle clicks ... I would ...
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trackpad non functional for newest hp pavilion dm4
I have a newest generation hp dm4 (the trackpad and mouse buttons are separate, unlike in the previous generation). The trackpad works fine in windows, but in Ubuntu the mouse is erratic and non ...
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Middle button on trackpad/point doesn't work with GNOME 3
I just upgraded my GUI from Unity to GNOME3.
There's one problem I'm having, though. Pointing Devices apparently loses functionality in GNOME3, but I need to be able to use my trackpoint.
Pointing ...
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Trackpad stops working until reboot (Asus EeePc 900)
I'm running Ubuntu (natty) on my Asus EeePc 900, and recently an interesting problem has appeared: the trackpad and its buttons sometimes stop working, and stay nonfunctional until I reboot the ...
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Accessing the terminal from GNOME without a mouse
I have a new Lenovo G560e, and have just installed Ubuntu 10.04. But the laptop's trackpad does not work!
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingHardwareDetection suggests some commands to run before ...
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Detect touchpad as touchpad
My touchpad seems to be recognized as a mouse instead of a touchpad. I have a Dell Precision M4600, and I am running Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit.
vegard@vegard-laptop:~$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer ...
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Disabling trackpoint in HP Elitebook 8730w? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the best way to configure a Thinkpad's TrackPoint?
The trackpoint is kinda broken ... on slightest touch it yanks down the mouse pointer to the bottom of ...
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Dell Vostro 1510 trackpad
A week ago I moved totally from Windows 7 to Ubuntu. I've been really happy with the transition bar one annoying glitch.
My trackpad sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. All other hardware including ...
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How do I disable the trackpad on my MacBook Pro using syndaemon?
I try to run syndaemon -i 2 -t -d to disable the trackpad while typing (detailed in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro7-1/Maverick). However, I am getting
No synaptics properties on ...
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ThinkPad TrackPoint Buttons Not Working Well
The TrackPoint itself works fine. But the three buttons below the spacebar don't. For example if I were to copy these lines, 1-10, using trackpoint buttons it'd start highlighting at 7. If I use the ...
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Macbook Trackpad very coarse
I recently installed Ubuntu on my Macbook. Everything seems to be working just fine except the trackpad. The right click (with 2 fingers) works just fine but when i try to scroll the cursor it is very ...
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Can I slow the speed of the cursor on a laptop touchpad?
The cursor is too jerky and moves too fast when I use the Touchpad on my laptop in ubuntu 11.04 beta 2.
When I use Windows the cursor moves slowly and smoothly with precision. But on Ubuntu 11.04 ...
