Questions tagged [touchpad]
A touchpad is a pointing device, often found integrated in laptops as a replacement for a mouse. Use this tag for questions related to software support for touchpads; e.g., drivers and window systems.
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Trackpad not working in Fedora 42 GNOME running on ASUS E410K laptop
I have an ASUS E410K laptop running F42 with GNOME.
The trackpad seems to be working in the login screen, but stops working when the desktop is open. (It works fine in Windows, so the hardware seems ...
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ThinkPad T14 Gen1 - Trackpoint - Wayland - Stops working during usage
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T14 gen1 for more than a year now and I run it with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Since that I have the problem with the trackpoint, that during usage it stops working randomly. I still ...
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Problem with touchpad lag running Linux on X1 carbon gen 7
I bought this second hand laptop one month ago (Lenovo X1 carbon gen7) and I started installing Arch Linux on it and I noticed there was a problem with the touch pad. The touchpad works at the end but ...
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disabling I8042 driver completely
"i8042 is still probing even though I disabled CONFIG_SERIO_I8042. Does it have dependent configurations? Even after passing kernel command-line arguments: i8042.nopnp i8042.noaux
, I still see ...
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Touchpad not working on Debian 12
I've been given a brand new Dell Precision 5690 laptop for a new job. I've installed Debian 12, and upgraded its kernel to 6.12.12 as most of its hardware didn't work on the 6.1 that comes with ...
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Easiest way to get multi-touch trackpad gestures in EndeavorOS
I have tried a few different programs to enable multi-finger gestures, but I can't seem to get anything to work. All I want is for a three-finger swipe left and right to navigate forward and backward, ...
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My touchpad can't work in X11/Linux (USB Wired Touchpad)
I want to use 'Perixx PERIPAD-501 II - Wired Touchpad' in my X11/Linux, but it can't work. (Cursor doesn't move and click button doesn't work) Outputs of xinput command is here:
('HAILUCK CO.,LTD USB ...
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Touchpad does not work in Linux - Lenovo 300w Gen 3
My friend has a Lenovo 300W Gen 3 and it is struggling to run Windows 10 smoothly with it's 4GB RAM and AMD 3015e dual core cpu, so I offered to install Linux on his laptop for him. I have tried Linux ...
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Remap touchpad top-right button (to middle-click)
See below why this is not a duplicate: being about top-button, which is not sufficiently specified by the xev -event button command.
I have a touchpad with 4 buttons, the top ones doind the same thing ...
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Touchpad not detected by Kernel - Debian 12 - ThinkPad E16 Gen2
I've just installed Debian 12 on my ThinkPad E16 Gen 2, and installed using GNOME.
The touchpad doesn't work and it seems that the kernel doesn't register the hardware. This is the xinput list output:
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Debian 12 doesn't detect touchpad on ThinkPad X1 (Gen 12)
Debian Bookworm doesn't detect touchpad on ThinkPad X1 Gen 12:
No touchpad menu in System > Control Center > Mouse,
xinput list mentions TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint but not touchpad.
⎡ Virtual core ...
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Double-tap on touchpad doesn't work in QEMU Debian
I have Debian on host machine with qemu installed and debian as guest OS. lxde is used both on the host and guest.
Touchpad shows strange behavior, after booting up the VM double tap on touchpad works ...
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How to Disable Trackpoint in wayland?
I need to disable the trackpoint located in the middle of the keyboard It's quite annoying because it's very sensitive; even if I tap on other keys, the cursor moves. I'm using a Dell Latitude E7440. ...
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Linux Freezes randomly after waking up from suspend
Hello linux fellas.
I'm currently using Fedora 40 with SwayFX as a compositor, swayidle as an idle manager and gtklock as a screen locker, on my Lenovo ThinkPad T460. I also use TLP.
This issue ...
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Debian Bookworm touchpad not working
Touchpad seems configured, cat /proc/bus/input/devices:
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=000a Version=0063
N: Name="TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/...
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