mick.crane <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2026-07-18 11:56, Chris Green wrote: > > I run Debian 13 with an xfce4 desktop and I've inadvertently diabled > > the touchpad settings. > > > > So I can't actually do anything! The touchpad moves the mouse pointer > > around the screen but clicking on anything does nothing. > > > > How can I reset the touchpad to defaults? > > typing "xinput list" should give a list of things and ID numbers. > maybe something in there looks like the buttons. > "xinput disable <ID number>" disables it so presume "xinput enable <ID > number>" will enable it. > Think only applies to the session but maybe can set to defaults if click > working.
But how do I get to somewhere that I can run "xinput list"? It has to run in a terminal running on the laptop's display and I can't click a terminal window to allow me to type. Using ssh from another system doesn't work because xinput shows me the settings for that system. -- Chris Green ยท
