Questions tagged [touchpad]
Questions related to the configuration and activation of touchpads/trackpads.
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touchpad detected as touchpad and mouse
i have a problem that my ubuntu 23.10 detect my touchpad as touchpad and mouse , it work as touchpad for a couple minute after boot , after then my touchpad act like a mouse.
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Mantic Minotaur Upgrade - Touchpad stops working
Just upgraded to 23.10 Mantic Minotaur and everything seems to work except my touchpad. Luckily I have a bluetooth mouse that is working. I've searched for solutions. None of the easy solutions have ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 stop mouse cursor from hiding when typing
My Ubuntu 22.04.3 laptop has apparently randomly started hiding my mouse cursor when I type. When I use a terminal, this is fine, because the cursor reappears instantly when I start moving my mouse. ...
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Touchpad detected but doesn't work (or almost) - Kubuntu 22.04
my touchpad suddenly stopped working, normally at least. The scrolling works (kinda, very chaotic), the left and right buttons work, but I can't move the pointer nor can I tap. When I open the ...
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Touch Pad Detected as PS/2 Generic Mouse on Dell XPS 15 9520 on both Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 11
I can use the trackpad normally on Windows (gestures, sensitivity), but gestures like scrolling on Linux, and the sensitivity is also bad. The mouse is detected as PS/2 Generic mouse on both platforms,...
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How to disable Synaptics Touchpad from detecting finger on buttons area as a second finger for gesture
So i'm using Xubuntu 22.04.3 (jammy) all up to date and would like to know how to disable a second finger detection that acts as scroll gesture on Synaptics touchpad (the red area in the illustration ...
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Delay in touchpad & keyboard reactivation after screen energy saving: how to find out the problem?
I received a Thinkpad X1E4 with Ubuntu 20.04 and KDE/Plasma desktop, apparently installed with sudo apt install kde-plasma-desktop.
The machine works pretty fine except for a little glitch: whenever ...
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Touchpad Gestures from fresh installation not the ones expected. Help!
Fresh installation of Ubuntu 23.04 on a tablet with a keyboard+trackpad.
Right from the start, on the touchpad, the three-fingers swipe up does not open Activities. The three-fingers tap does.
I am ...
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Screen occasionally autoscrolling
Ubuntu 20.04
From past couple of days, my screen autoscrolls randomly. Its like scrolls then waits, then scrolls.
The interesting thing is it keeps happening for a few seconds even when I turn off the ...
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Problems on Ubuntu Dell laptop when unplugging or replugging AC power
I'd like to apologize in advance that this question is insufficiently specific. I'd like to make it more specific and provide relevant info from journalctl or other sources as needed, so please do let ...
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Touchpad won't scroll after suspend
Hey just installed a fresh Ubuntu install (on a dell Inspiron 7415 2-in-1), everything works fine except the touchpad. The touchpad only seems to work fine after I fully restart my laptop, but after ...
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Mouse movements not registering on Ubuntu laptop with new mouse (Thinkpad E590)
recently purchased a new mouse that works perfectly on my Mac, but when I plug it into my Ubuntu laptop (E590 ThinkPad), the computer doesn't seem to register any mouse movements. The right click and ...
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I have to periodically `modprobe -r psmouse && modprobe psmouse` to get my touchpad buttons to work again
I'm not really sure how to go about finding the real root-cause of this issue, but more than occasionally, my touchpad buttons stop functioning on my ThinkPad running Ubuntu. I'm able to get them ...
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laptop keybord not working
i have hp laptop and it frequently looses keyboard and touchpad. most of the time it works fine after simple reboot but this time it didn't work. i tried reinstalling the distro but now only touchpad ...
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Reverse scrolling is not working in Xubuntu 23.04 with Chrome
I have just now installed Xubuntu 23.04, updated the system and installed my wifi and Nvidia drivers, but I'm facing a issue. Even after enabling reverse scrolling in the settings, reverse scrolling ...
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Asus TUF gaming F15 Touch pad not working
I've installed Ubuntu 22.04 on this laptop. I don't know the year of this laptop but it has i7 10th gen and GTX 1650 on it.
I don't remember if before doing this:
Brightness fn key shortcut doesn'...
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What can I do to use the touchpad of my new laptop on Ubutntu 20.04?
My new laptop is HP OMEN 16 4080(2023 Released).And When I use the Ubuntu 20.04, its touchpad can not be detected.
wp@wp-OMEN:~$ xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master ...
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IdeaPad Gaming 3 16IAH7 touchpad acting weird sometimes
The pointer jumps all over the screen and does not respond properly sometimes. This happens abruptly anytime
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Hold a key to increase trackpad speed in ubuntu？
how to hold a key to increase trackpad speed in ubuntu？I want to multiply the scrolling speed when hold altkey. I tried the imwheel, but the imwheel made my trackpad scroll behaviour very strange,When ...
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ASUS X550J touchpad is not working on Ubuntu 22.04
My touchpad doesn't work. Here is the drivers list:
$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [...
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Ubuntu 20.04 with touchpad and multi-screen not detected on recent (2023) Dell laptop
Having a new Dell laptop (Precision 7780) I have to install Ubuntu 20.04, and it gives touchpad and multi-screen not detected problem.
Although on my old Dell (precision 7730) laptop the problems were ...
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HP Pavillion Aero laptop slow keyboard response and touchpad freezes on Ubuntu 23.04 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Recently, I bought an HP Pavillion Aero 13 laptop. The Windows 11 was pre-installed, but I installed Ubuntu 23.04 in dual boot. The problem is that the built-in keyboard awfully lags: it takes like 0....
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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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My Ubuntu 22.04 is using X11. How do I make it use Wayland?
I have dual-booted my windows 11 with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The problem is that I wasn't able to use pinch zoom gesture on browsers. I was on Firefox. And also the too fast scrolling.
I searched around ...
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Why does touchpad feel different in Wayland?
I have SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad which feels ok to use in Xorg. But on Wayland it feels different and not as precise. Is there any explanation for that sort of behavior and is there a way to use the ...
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HP Omen 17 touchpad not showing in xinput list
Brand new HP Omen 017, installed dual W11 Ubuntu 20.04
The trackpad is not working.
When I run xinput list I get:
$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]...
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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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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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3 finger on touchpad to show menu and applications
On fedora 38 and on windows 11 we can scroll up or down with 3 fingers,on the touchpad and the menu is showed and its applications and also to move between desktop areas.If i try to use 3 fingers on ...
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Right click acting like the left click
After updating my Ubuntu to version 22.04, I noticed that the right-click is behaving like the left-click. For example, when I try to open the context menu by right-clicking on a file, it instead ...
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Touchpad issues on ThinkPad E14 Gen 4 with Ubuntu 22.04
TL;DR I need ELAN touchpad/TrackPoint drivers for Ubuntu 22.04 on ThinkPad E14 Gen 4, or a suitable alternative, to fix touchpad stability in a dual-booted system. What to do?
I have a ThinkPad E14 ...
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I have a Lenovo Flex 5 16ABR8. I've just dual boot installed Ubuntu Studio 23.04 and the touchpad and touchscreen do not work (work under Windows 11)
I found a bug that I think may be the issue (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216804). It looks like a kernel patch was made to the 6.2 kernel that applied to other Lenovo Flex 5 laptops, ...
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Black screen after NVIDIA driver and afterwards problems
I installed NVIDIA driver form additional drivers ( topmost that shows tested) . After reboot it showed ablack screen with a cursor blinking. To solve this I searched youtube for fix. Following a ...
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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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Cursor lag jumping between touchpad and wireless mouse in Ubuntu 22.04
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 on a HP Laptop 15s-eq0xxx laptop, with an AMD Ryzen 7 3700u processor, and 16 GB of memory.
Recently the touchpad showed lag and sometimes became fully unresponsive at the same ...
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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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Touchpad or Trackpad Issue on Fujitsu T934 Laptop: Works in Ubuntu 22.04 Only After Restarting from Windows 10, Stops Working After Sleep Mode
The trackpad of my laptop Fujitsu T934 works in Ubuntu 22.04 only when I restart it from Windows 10 and even stop working after once it goes to sleep mode. If I boot Ubuntu directly after the shutdown ...
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Touchpad not detected on Ubuntu 22.04
I'm using a Chuwi Gemibook Pro and installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The touchpad doesn't work (it did, in Linux Mint) but the usb mouse does. The kernel version, currently, is "5.19.0-46-generic"....
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How to restore my keypad, ethernet, Wifi drivers and connection? [duplicate]
I accidentally removed drivers or did something to my touchpad, wifi, and ethernet connection.
I have dual boot Ubuntu 22LTS with Windows 10. I was installing nvidia 535 drivers using software & ...
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Looking for good trackpad and trackpoint software or values for Thinkpad T14S
I own a Thinkpad T14S running ubuntu 20.04.
I tried tweaking around, but the trackpoint (red little joystick in middle of keyboard) and trackpad never feel as good as in windows 11.
Anybody have some ...
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Trackpad Bosto does not working on Ubuntu 22.04
I have used Bosto Trackpad for a long period of time on Ubuntu 20.04 and everything worked fine. On Windows it also works well. Can someone help from lsusb I get ID 05ac:0265 Apple, Inc.
Bus 004 ...
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Touchpad disabled after folding convertible
I have a convertible Laptop, that is a Laptop with a Touchscreen that can be folded over, so it becomes basically a chubby Tablet.
When folding the device, the keyboard and touchpad disable themselves,...
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Ubuntu on Lenovo Flex 5 Ideapad 14are05 won't recognize touch pad
This issue has appeared a lot and I've tried almost every fix from modifying the grub file to patching the kernel to uninstalling certain drivers. None of them have worked. I started with Ubuntu 22.04....
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Touchpad pinch zoom not functional in ubuntu 22.04
I am using ubuntu 22.04LTS and I am facing issue with touchpad functionalities. The two-finger zoom in zoom out pinch moving left-right is not working. First i thought its just problem with chrome ...
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Keyboards, mice, touchpads work on Wayland and don't work on Xorg in Ubuntu 22.04
My keyboards, mice and touchpads (following “KMT”):
Work in Windows
Work on both Xorg and Wayland in Ubuntu 20.04
Work on Wayland in Ubuntu 22.04
Don't work on Xorg in Ubuntu 22.04.
My KMT works in ...
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Lenovo ideapad 15AMN8 touchpad and keyboard not working
i have installed ubuntu 22.04.2 and all updates.
The problem is that in Bios/Efi and grub all is working.
i have read an tested a lot.
xserver-xorg-input-all
grub default entries:
i8041.nopnp, ...
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i have install ubuntu 22.04.2 in amd ryzen 5 7000 series with amd radeon graphics, not fully compatible
The keyboard response is too slow as well as the wifi option is also not showing. sometime touchpad is not working
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Compaq 6910p touchpad scrolling stopped working after upgrade to 22.04
A few people seem to have this problem, but I didn't find any solutions.
Removing and re-adding psmouse with modprobe doesn't help.
Two-finger scrolling is enabled in settings.
xinput shows this (not ...
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Setting the mouse speed high is problematic with multiple windows on multiple displays
Does the community think the problem described below is worth considering?
What suggestions do you have for making the mouse easier to track?
If there's not some setting that is a good solution, where ...
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Touchpad only recognized when booting from recovery menu
I have a Lenovo P14s laptop with Ubuntu 22.04.02 LTS dual-booted with Windows. My touchpad had been working fine until I connected it to a separate monitor/mouse/keyboard setup and disabled the laptop ...
