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deactivated touchpad - how to activate?

rated 0 times [ 16] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 45448 / 2 Years ago, mon, may 23, 2022, 3:04:06

I just mindlessly deactivated my touchpad in Ubuntu 13.04 through the gnome-control-center and have no clue how to activate it again without the use of the touchpad.

Also synclient Touchpadoff=0 doesn't change anything.

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answered 2 Years ago cisccla · Accepted Answer

Ok, let’s be presice. If you disable/switch OFF your touchpad through System Settings (Gnome Control Center) you can’t re-enable it with xinput! When you have no other mouse or pointer device, you have to go to System Settings using your keyboard.

Fortunately, Unity is well designed for both keyboard and mouse, so without a mouse you can still do everything. For example, you can press Alt+F10 to open top menu and then navigate to System Settings with arrow keys. Or simply press Super(or ) to open the Dash and search for mouse. Select it with down arrow key (↓) and press Enter to open.

Search for mouse in Dash

Finally using Tab select the Touchpad switch – the orange box around the switch shows that you’re on the right place. Toggle it ON by hitting Space or Enter.

Switch OFF