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Disable touchpad in Linux
I want to disable permanently my touchpad when my Debian-based Linux boots up. Every time it boots up, I disable it with xinput —disable #. # Being the ID of the touchpad in xinput command. I disable ...
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Disable mouse when keyboard key is pressed in linux
I've given up trying to get my touchpad registered correctly. It wants to be an imps/2 device, and I can't spend any more afternoons trying to convince it otherwise (in fairness, it does quite well as ...
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Trackpad setup for HiDPI screen
I've just gotten the new Dell XPS 13. I've managed to setup almost everything, except for the touchpad.
If I place the cursor to the left edge of the screen, and start moving my finger to the right, ...
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Xinput settings have no effect on my mouse and/or touchpad and are also not persistent over logoff/reboot
I'm a Linux learner, so go a little light with me please. I'm using Linux mint with XFCE4, not particularly heavily customized. I am using it on a laptop which uses an Elantech touch pad. Using the ...
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Can a Windows update brick hardware across operating systems?
Ok this is going to be strange.
I have a Dell XPS 13 (9350 -- late 2015). Recently I installed Windows Insider Update 16226. As I have a dual boot set-up with Ubuntu Linux 16.04, one of Windows' ...
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Thinkpad x250 synaptics clickpad omits position updates on slow movements. dynamic deadzone, cursor freezing, jumping?
The clickpad device or driver on my thinkpad x250 omits position updates on slow movements, leading to jumps, imprecise motion, temporally stuck cursor.
This is especially infuriating for precision ...
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Touchpad is now extremely laggy with both Fedora and Debian
The touchpad is now extremely laggy, the cursor doesn't move smoothly, with both Fedora and Debian
I have a Sony VAIO. The problem only appeared recently, and what's more I tested with a Debian ...
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Cursor moving too fast in QEMU when using touchpad
I am running Windows inside QEMU on a Linux host. QEMU is running X with libinput. When I use the touchpad to control the mouse inside the guest, the pointer moves very rapidly and stutters. This ...
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Trackpad movement range less than screen res. and unexpected touch activity (Arch w/ Libinput)
The unexpected touch activity is:
Upon interaction the pointer moves to the equivalent place on the screen as if it were a touchscreen. This is exacerbated by the range between the touchpad and the ...
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Linux doesn't detect Fn + F6 (toggle touchpad) combination on Lenovo V580 laptop
Though there is "toggle touchpad" secondary function on F6 button of my laptop currently this shortcut doesn't work.
xbindkeys -mk command doesn't show any info when I press Fn + F6.
I couldn't find ...
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Linux/KDE - How to stop trackpad cursor jumping when scrolling with one finger and clickin with thumb
I like to scroll with my index finger and click with my thumb in the lower half of the trackpad (rather than tapping, I like to actually click).
Quite often when I do this, the cursor will jump to ...
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How to use touchpad gestures to scroll back and forth in history on non-Mac OSX devices in Google Chrome?
I prefer the way how Mac OS X allows users to use touchpad gestures to scroll back and forth in the tab history of Google Chrome. Is it possible to use similar touchpad gestures on non-Mac OS X ...
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fedora 22 synaptics touchpad not working
I just received a new Dell Vostro notebook. The touchpad works fine when I boot into setup, or a Windows install DVD, but with Fedora 22 workstation (live and installed), the mouse pointer appears but ...
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psmouse serio1: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 2 bytes
Recently I have had issue with my DELL Vostro 3750 laptop, the touchpad has eratic behavior.
Looking at the dmesg output I can see:
[175874.428170] psmouse serio1: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/...
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Touchpad not detected in Kali Linux
Running a Dell 3147 11 inch 2 in 1 with Kali installed on the ssd, it doesn't detect the touchpad. I looked under xinput and it doesn't show up.
I've tried this: https://wiki.debian.org/...
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