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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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Gestures: Tip Tap and three/four finger click

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 on a laptop and a big fan on gestures on the trackpad. Sadly ubuntu doesn't support a lot of them by default. But I would love to have support for many more gestures like "tip ...
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My touchpad has stopped working in 18.04

The touchpad on my laptop stopped working after the update today. The mouse cursor is visible in the corner, but it doesn't move and the click buttons don't work. I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS on a ...
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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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Error install emacs-lucid

When I upgraded from 19.04 to 19.10 there was one package that was not able to update that was emacs-lucid. When I try to upgrade it now I get the error: dpkg: warning: old emacs-lucid package pre-...
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Touchpad stopped working ubuntu 18.04

I know it seems like an easy fix, but I do swear to you that I've tried everything. The thing is: I was typing normally and suddenly the touchpad stopped working. I switched to Win10 to see if it ...
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Touchpad stopped working after system update

I'm using ubuntu 18.04.3 in my DELL VOSTRO-15 3546 laptop, after an update, suddenly my touchpad stopped working after an update 2 days ago . I'm using a USB mouse now. xinput list says `Virtual ...
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On 18.04 LTS, how can the TrackPoint driver be changed from libinput back to Synaptics?

I want to change the TrackPoint driver from libinput to Synaptics. I am using a ThinkPad X390 and I have tried the latest version of the libinput driver and I have tried to find out why the libinput ...
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Enable middle mouse button touchpad emulation for xubuntu 18.04 on Dell XPS 15

How can I map a three-finger tab on the touchpad to a middle mouse click? In another question I've found synclient TapButton3=2 and this works, but it seems a bit strange to run a shell script on ...
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Hold the kernel from upgrading by "apt dist-upgrade"

Ubuntu supports specific kernels for longer time periods, according to this Ubuntu wiki page How can I prevent the LTS kernel in Ubuntu 18.04 (such as 4.15) from being upgraded to another version ...
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Tap Problem ,Ubuntu 18.04, libinput, Lenovo Ideapad L340

I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 on Lenovo Ideapad L340. Tapping on the touchpad does not work properly. For most of the time, it works very well but sometimes it does not work and I have to tap again (...
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How to enable 2 finger touchpad pinch to zoom gesture (not ctrl+/-) Ubuntu 19.10?

It seems in 19.10 the touchscreen 2 finger zoom is finally working correctly out of the box. So why is same behavior not on the touchpad? Is there any driver, software, Ubuntu flavor, Linux ...
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HP elitebook 240 G3 touchpad bad performance

after upgrading from 16.04 LTS to 18.04.03 LTS on an HP EliteBook 840 G3 my touchpad now performs really badly, with very little options to set it up. The basic issues are: very (I mean, VERY) low ...
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Fingerprint sign-in option not available

I have ASUS Vivobook S15 and I'm currently running Ubuntu 19.04 on single boot. I want to make use of my fingerprint scanner to log in but there's no option for fingerprint login in the settings/users ...
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Keyboard stopped working after apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

I just installed Ubuntu 18.04.3 and found the two-finger scrolling way too fast. So I followed the instructions in this thread and ran sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics But that required ...
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Two finger scrolling with libinput not working, 18.04 [closed]

As there are multiple threads to this topic, I hope someone can help me. From one day to another, my Touchpad stopped working properly, namely the two finger scrolling was deactivated for some reason. ...
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How can the TrackPoint driver be changed from default libinput to a newer libinput or back to Synaptics?

The TrackPoint motion on this ThinkPad X390 with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is jumpy, laggy and unusable for delicate, small movements. I have confirmed that this is likely a software issue because I've tested ...
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(Thinkpad) Touchpad flickering issue

Using Ubuntu 18.04, I've encountered an issue right after installation. It was suddenly gone after a sudo apt-get update/upgrade but reappeared after an update: The (synaptics) touchpad only works for ...
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elan1200:00 04f3:3090 touchpad

I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on ASUS ROG GL503VD my touchpad not working correctly It works fine in windows but in Ubuntu, it just disconnects and pops up at anywhere on the screen and yes external mouse ...
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Enable touchpad from command line Ubuntu 18.04

I have seen several putative answers to my question, but none of them work. Generally I keep the touchpad switched off, since it seems to play hell with the pointer jumping about into unwanted places....
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Touchpad sides not working Ubuntu 19.04

I installed Ubuntu 19.04 today. The touchpad doesn't seem to be working properly. I have natural scrolling turned on and side scroll disabled. For some reason, the sides of touchpad doesn't work. If I ...
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Disabling touchpad when typing

I was trying to set my Ubuntu to disable touchpad when I'm typing, but no success. I'm using Ubuntu 19.04 in a Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop. Already set the option in gnome tweaks, but no effect. ...
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How to get Synaptics Touchpad working under Ubuntu Mate 19.04

The Synaptics-touchpad on my ThinkPad L580 doesn't work with Ubuntu (Mate) 19.04, even though I've followed instructions that seem to have worked for other people in the past. In the following ...
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During installation of Ubuntu 19.04 on Acer an515-51-75kz I can move the touchpad, but I can not click on any option

I own the an515-51-75kz notebook model with the Synaptics touchpad. I'm trying to install Ubuntu 19.04, but I can not select the language options. When I press the Tab key, it works for a while, but ...
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My touchpad not working?

I upgraded Ubuntu 18.10 to 19.04 . I saw some error messages while installation and I avoid it . But after installation my touchpad is not working. touchpad is on in settings-> devices -> mouse & ...
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Touchpad no longer working on Ubuntu 18.04 for ASUS zenbook

I have an ASUS ZenBook running Ubuntu 18.04, and every time I would open up my laptop the touchpad would stop working, so I would open up the terminal and run this: $ sudo rmmod i2c_hid $ sudo ...
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Add a dead region to touchpad

I'm constantly fighting with my touchpad. It keeps randomly interpreting two-finger taps (which I have set to middle click) while I'm attempting to type. This appears to be due to the touchpad's ...
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Touchpad won't work after installing Ubuntu 18

I recently wiped my M.2 drive to switch from Windows to Ubuntu 18.04.2 and my touchpad does not work at all. This includes the right and left mouse buttons. I am using an ASUS G752 gaming laptop. I ...
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touchpad drag stops working after sleep (18.04/18.10)

I have a Lenovo X1 Carbon 5th, on startup the touch-pad works fine, I can click on something with one finger then drag it with the other. After sleep I can only click but not drag... I have the ...
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Synaptic touchpad is not detected on boot, rather, after restart

I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Lenovo Twist, however, the touchpad does not work when I first boot the computer from shutdown. After I restart the computer, the touchpad works. How can I get ...
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What are my options for a better touchpad since libinput has removed hysteresis configurations?

I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.2 on a Lenovo X1 Carbon 6th gen. Synaptics had a fantastic options called noise cancellation. I'm now understanding that we should be using libinput since Synaptics will no ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Touchpad not working properly on Haier Y11C

I installed Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS on my Haier Y11C laptop and facing some problems like 2 finger scroll and right click. I tried this sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics But it completely ...
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Synaptics touchpad disabled after login after recent 18.10 update

My Synaptic Touchpad stopped working in the past few weeks. The touchscreen and external mouse still work so I've been using them to work around it. The symptoms are: Touchpad works on login ...
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Touchpad and Keyboard not working 18.04

First and foremost I apologize if this is a simple solution that's going over my head as I have zero prior experience with Linux or Ubuntu or anything and I'm still learning the ropes. I've been ...
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Touch pad of Asus VivoBook freezes after touching it with two fingers

I have recently installed Ubuntu 16 LTS on an ASUS VivoBook Max. The touchpad doesn't seem to be working properly. It freezes after touching it with two fingers and the functionality is not recovered ...
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Cursor Jump on Dell Inpsiron Ubuntu 18.04

I switched to Ubuntu from dual boot Linux Mint and Windows 10 and in Linux Mint I had to install synaptic touch-pad driver to stop the cursor from jumping. I have reinstalled the driver and libinput ...
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Touchpad lag on DELL Latitude 7490

I have a new DELL Latitude 7490 with Ubuntu 18.04.1 and I am experiencing a little annoying bug related to the touchpad. When I don't use it for some time (more than 3~4 seconds), if then I sweep ...
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Pointer Randomly Jumps Ahead in Ubuntu 18.04 (Razer Blade 2017)

So I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04, and my mouse pointer has been acting weird. When I use an external mouse, the pointer works relatively smoothly, but when I use my synaptic ...
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Fingerprint reader in ubuntu 18.04

I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad e580 with Ubuntu 18.04 I tried fingerprint-gui but it says "no devices found!". lsusb command results this: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root ...
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Synaptics touchpad shows in xinput and devices, but doesn't work. 18.04

I've installed 18.04 on an Alienware laptop. The Synaptics touchpad shows in /proc/bus/input/devices as well as xinput list (SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad). I've installed xserver-xorg-input-synaptics. ...
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Palm detection doesn't work in Ubuntu 18.04 (X1E)

I am running Kubuntu 18.04 with latest synaptics driver on my ThinkPad X1 Extreme and my palm detection doesn't work. I suspect it's because the synaptics driver is not getting value ABS_TOOL_WIDTH ...
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libinput - jumpy cursor issue

I have a Dell XPS 15 9570 and with libinput, the cursor jumps if I move it too fast. The problem is solved by installing the synaptic driver, which is forced over the libinput driver. $ sudo apt ...
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Synaptics touchpad detected but unresponsive - Ubuntu 18.04.1, Lenovo Yoga 11e

Caveat: I'm far from an advanced user. I like Ubuntu for web development and casual use, and generally try to figure things out as the need arises. After running a routine update (apt update, apt ...
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Xubuntu 18.04 -> 18.04.1 Upgrade Synaptics Touchpad Not Working

This is my first post here and I have spent many hours trying to read through the posts to diagnose this problem. I used Linux off and on since the late 90s and only recently came back to it. I was ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 switch back to synaptics as input driver

I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 on different thinkpads and the trackpoint is very jumpy and inprecise to use. I installed the newest Libinput packages: libinput10_1.12.1-1, libinput-bin_1.12.1-1 and xserver-...
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libinput ignores .conf settings (18.10 - Synaptics Touchpad)

I recently made the switch from Windows to Kubuntu 18.10 and struggle with setting up my HP Spectre X360 Synaptics Touchpad. I changed the settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf ...
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Don't understand error message [duplicate]

malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:stevenpusser.listn(type) E:The list of sources could not be read. Now I can't issue any sudo commands. This message is greek to me. I can'...
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Cannot open and update /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf

I am new to Linux and have recently installed Ubuntu 18.04. I need to edit the 50-synaptics.conf file in Ubuntu 18.04, but GKSU is deprecated, and when I run gedit admin:///usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/...
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How do I Permanently Disable one of two Trackpad Drivers that run simultaneously

A link to this Dell article describes issues with Ubuntu Bionic Beaver and certain Dell Precision / XPS trackpads. I have a Dell Inspiron that is experiencing the same issue. The issue is that Ubuntu ...
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Thinkpad touchpad mouse cursor laggy/choppy | Ubuntu 18.04

I am new to ubuntu so please keep that in mind. I installed ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my Thinkpad L540. Most often my mouse cursor, if I use my touchpad, is laggy/choppy in a visual way. This does not ...
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18.04 Touchpad only working in center area Lenovo P50

Strange problem with my touchpad, using a fresh install of 18.04.1 on a Lenovo thinkpad P50. I cannot use the left and right 1cm of the touchpad for starting a mouse movement. When I start the ...
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