Questions tagged [synaptics]
Synaptics Touchpad is a utility for configuring multitouch on laptop touchpads. Not to be confused with the Synaptic Package Manager, for which the "synaptic" tag should be used instead.
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HP 2000 Laptop Touchpad Not Responding in Ubuntu and Windows ;External Mouse Works Fine
I'm facing a persistent issue with the touchpad on my HP 2000 laptop, which is dual-booted with Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 7. The touchpad is unresponsive and doesn't register any clicks or touches, ...
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Disable multitap on touchpad
I need to disable multitap on the Synaptics touchpad on my Kubuntu 22.04 notebook because I frequently paste the clipboard by accident. I still need any number of fingers (at least one finger) to be a ...
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Touchpad two finger drag as middle click drag
I'm using an apple magic trackpad 2 on a fresh install, everything works great gestures and all.
However in Blender behavior is quite different, two fingers zooms in and out when it should orbit the ...
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How to set up synaptics touchpad for smaller fingers?
How to set up Synaptics for smaller fingers. With my habitual pressing, it doesn't respond. You'll have to put your fingertip instead of the top.
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Mouse cursor shaking when not using mouse (Lubuntu 22.04 LTA)
I have recently installed lubuntu on my pc and everything works fine except the cursor, i have tried many things including using synclient but it just says "Synclient not found,but can be ...
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Issues with Libinput, but then again also issues with switching to Synaptic drivers
I'm on Ubuntu 22.04 with i3wm.
I have a script which sets some settings. But since I'm using libinput, some of those commands result in an error:
property 'Synaptics Scrolling Distance' doesn't exist, ...
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Dell touchpad replaced - not working in Ubuntu
Dell Precision 5550. Ubuntu 22.04
Recently replaced the keyboard + touchpad since the keyboard was broken. Ever since the touchpad doesn't work anymore in Ubuntu.
It looks to be a software / driver ...
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Something over-writes my start-up script defined calls to "xinput set-prop" and "synclient [property]=". How can I find out what is causing this?
I am trying to enable synaptics touchpad "natural scrolling" on startup, based on the registry key "EnableNaturalScrolling".
if [ $ENS -eq 1 ] && [ $VSD -gt 0 ] ; then
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Touchpad jumps when two-finger scrolling, with evtest log and plots
Touchpad works fine in all instances except for two-finger scrolling. The page will scroll normally for a couple lines before it jumps ahead, as if skipping multiple lines. I have tried using libinput ...
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How to diagnose/fix touchpad not working (but working on a live CD)?
On my Lenovo Yoga 7 Gen 7, the touchpad suddenly stopped working. I may have inadvertly changed some configuration and/or un/installed related packages, and I'm trying to figure out how to fix it.
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HP Elitebook G2 Synaptics Touchpad and Ubuntu 22.04 Gestures
i'm having troubles with synaptics touchpad on a HP Elitebook 820 G2 and Ubuntu 22.04.
I'm know now wayland hasn't compatibility with this touchpad and gestures. System detects it as PS2 Mouse indeed.
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Synaptics Touchpad Disabled Upon Laptop Close
I'm a new Kubuntu user...
Host: HP-Pavilion-17-Notebook-PC Kernel: 5.15.0-60-generic x86_64
Distro: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.24.7
and whenever I close my laptop lid, ...
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Scrolling on touchpad too fast, property 'Synaptics Scrolling Distance' doesn't exist
The scrolling of my touchpad is too fast, and I tried using this solution here (as there is no setting for changing the scrollspeed, for some reason)
I've installed the Synapsis driver using this ...
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Scrolling jumpy, scroll speed too fast, mouse acceleration weird
I'm currently switching from windows to ubuntu, and there are some very annoying things that just kill the whole experience.
if you use the touchpad, you scroll at lightspeed. I tried some scripts ...
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What't the meaning of those little golden medallion in synaptics?
Here is a screenshot
Unfortunately there is no document or tool hint available for them.
What do they mean?
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TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint not showing up on Ubuntu
I am using a Thinkpad 490s. Recently, the Trackpoint red nub stopped working. A lot of the online recommendations suggested changing the settings on the "TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint"
However, ...
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Changing limit of vertical scroll area on touchpad 22.04
The default area which is dedicated to the vertical scroll function on my Lenovo G580 touchpad is far too large (approx. 50% of the whole touchpad). I have a workaround whereby every time I boot up ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 How to disable two finger scrolling completely
I am really struggling with Ubuntu22.04 upgrade and my synaptics touchpad on Acer Aspire E15 (E5-574G-54Y2) laptop. Everything was working just great before the 22.04 upgrade but now, the touchpad ...
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Trackpad not working correctly on a Lenovo Yoga 9i AFTER logging into XORG. Touchpad works fine from login screen
So basically, after logging in, I can only move my mouse via touchpad if I press down on it to click. If I am not clicking and try moving it, the mouse will sometimes be able to move about an inch, ...
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Touchpad doesn't work properly Dell Inspiron-3542
Good evening Community,
It has been two years when my laptop suddenly stopped working, and it was not possible to turn it on. Many circuits on the motherboard burned out, and due to the Pandemic, we ...
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What are the default values of the Synaptic Finger property?
My first time post here. I have been using Ubuntu 16 on HP Elitebook 2560P for a few years now and recently upgraded to Ubuntu 18. Immediately after upgrading I noticed the touchpad was a lot less ...
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Disable middle click with Wayland
I switched my ubuntu from 21.10 impish to 22.04 jammy which implied to leave x11 for wayland.
I prevented unsolicited selection paste or unwanted closed tabs by completely disabling middle click with ...
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Physical Mouse Buttons do not work on Lenovo Yoga X1, Ubuntu 18.04
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The buttons above the touchpad that are supposed to be left-, middle-, and right-click do not work at all currently.
It used to work at some point in the past.
Just a few minutes after asking ...
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How to run consecutive commands in bash script? (Synclient)
I have an executable document about stops and starts touchpad, that includes;
#!/bin/bash
sudo modprobe -r psmouse; sudo modprobe psmouse;
I added ";" between commands so it can run ...
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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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Touchpad not working after update
I use a HP NoteBook 15 and formatted the laptop and installed ubuntu in it. The touchpad works with the initial version of the kernel. After I ran sudo apt-get upgrade it stopped detecting the ...
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How to improve trackpad precision on Ubuntu?
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 (kernel is 5.4.0-99-lowlatency, but issue is the same on the generic kernel) on a Thinkpad X260. The trackpad device is "Synaptics TM3075-002".
Basically, for small, ...
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Synaptics touchpad settings from xorg.conf are not applied
I can't set options for my touchpad's synaptics driver. Sorry if this looks like a duplicate but I tried solutions from other questions and none worked. I focused on doing it the 'right way' so using ...
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ELAN Touchpad is no longer recognized by synaptics after updating to 21.10
After updating my system from 21.04 to 21.10 via do-release-upgrade, synaptics seems to either not load at all, or simply does not recognize my touchpad. I've had problems with my touchpad before, but ...
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Touchpad two finger scroll too fast. Synaptics not working
I am currently running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on Lenovo Ideapad L340. The touchpad two-finger scrolling is too fast.
Tried Solutions like: xinput --set-prop <id> 'Synaptics Scrolling Distance' 8 8
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How do I increase touchpad sensitivity on Ubuntu 21.10?
How do I increase touchpad sensitivity on Ubuntu 21.10? I used to put my signature on some documents by drawing with a stylus on my touchpad(dumb, I know, but stylus feels better than using my finger)....
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Ubuntu 20.4 LTS touchpad acting very wierdly
It’s been almost three hours since I installed ubuntu 20.4.3 LTS on my old laptop (Dell Latittude E5420), and my touchpad is acting very weirdly: it automatically clicks, laggs, completely stop ...
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ELAN Touchpad not working
I was using my touchpad just fine for quite a while (months), and one day I simply turned on my laptop and it no longer functions. I tried messing with input drivers, and I've found out if I remove ...
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Trackpad not detected after upgrade to Ubuntu 21.10
I have been using Ubuntu with my Dell Precisoon E5470 flawlessly, until I upgraded to version 21.10. The trackpad is simply not detected anymore, e.g. cat /proc/bus/input/devices does not list the ...
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What is the Wayland equivalent of xinput and synclient and ~/.xprofile?
Ubuntu (21.10 now) wants us to use Wayland instead of X11 but how to do this in Wayland:
mac2011-linux% more ~/.xprofile
## emulate middle with double click
# xinput set-prop 12 353 1
## avoid ...
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After installing Ubuntu 18.04 the touchpad randomly moves
After installing Ubuntu 18.04 in a PC that previously had Ubuntu 20.04 working without problems, now, after the installation is complete the touchpad cursor moves randomly and opens menus etc. The ...
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SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad doesn't work on Ubuntu 20.04 on dynabook
I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on dynabook GX83. My Touchpad is not working at all however the USB mouse is working correctly. Though I'd like to use the Touchpad. I searched and tried a lot of commands but ...
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while Scrolling with 2 fingers on touch-pad contents skipped in Ubuntu?
I have just dual-booted windows 10 with Ubuntu 20.04 and I am facing a problem with scrolling on any page in Ubuntu.
Whenever I scroll down a page with the touch-pad contents get skipped or move very ...
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Problem with two-finger scrolling on the touchpad
When I scroll vertically, it scrolls horizontally in parallel. It is impossible to slide two fingers down in the table, so that there is no horizontal scrolling. This was not the case before. I want ...
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Synaptics touchpad Issue after OS reinstall
recently I have been facing with issues for Nvidia drivers and eventually I decided to clean install Ubuntu 21.04. which indeed solved the issue. However, now my touchpad is not working at all. At ...
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How to fix fast scrolling in Ubuntu 20.04.3 running in hyper-v?
I am using Ubuntu via hyper-v.. two finger scroll via touchpad is too sensitive (ie) it is too fast for page scroll. I am also not getting touchpad options in settings.
I tried to install and reboot, ...
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Ubuntu Server fails "apt-get update" after fresh install
I'm trying to set up my old Thinkpad R500 as an Ubuntu homeserver. Installation (w/o any snaps, with full encryption) went smooth. But as soon as I try to sudo apt-get update after restart I get ...
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Disable touchpad upper left corner
On my Thinkpad L13 with Elantech Touchpad running Ubuntu 20.04 I want to disable upper left corner of touchpad to avoid double contact when I click or keep my finger on the left mouse button and at ...
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Enable touchpad acceleration (21.04, Wayland)
Moving my finger 3 cm over the touchpad moves the cursor across approximately half the screen, regardless how quickly/slowly I do it.
That means I either can't easily hit a click target (current ...
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Touchpad not working - Chuwi Lapbook Pro - Ubuntu 20.04
I have a Chuwi Lapbook Pro and I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04. The touchpad does not work at all, not even detected in the settings. I've tried installing various Synaptics and libinput drivers and ...
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Trackpad lagging on Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIIL05 with Ubuntu 20.04
My laptop is a Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIIL05. The touchpad is just lagging a lot and getting worse and worse.
Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
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How can I get absolute touchpad coordinates
From what I understand, earlier versions of the Synaptic driver in Ubuntu had an 'absolute mode' for the trackpad which allowed the user to access absolute coordinates as well as relative coordinates. ...
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The touchpad does not work after installing ubuntu 20.04 on an hp laptop
Notebook: HP Pavilion 15-ec1058ur 22P97EA (AMD Ryzen 5 4600H 3.0GHz/16384Mb/512Gb SSD/nVidia GeForce GTX 1650 4096Mb)
Hello, during the installation, the touchpad worked completely, after installation,...
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How to adjust Trackpad "Tap Sensitivity" without adjusting mouse speed
Im on Ubuntu 20, GNome Desktop. The touchpad on my Dell Precision 5550 is huge and just way to sensitive causing lots of undesired effects while typing.
I'd like to keep my "Touchpad Speed" ...
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Adjusting touchpad speed with synaptics but palm detection with libinput
I am using a ThinkPad E595 with Ubuntu 20.04 and tried to alter the touchpad acceleration.
Since xinput --list-props 13 didn't give me any options other than libinput Accel Speed I installed sudo apt-...
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