On 2026-07-18 14:34, [email protected] wrote:
On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 01:58:11PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 12:32:10PM +0100, mick.crane 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?
>
> should add
> Ctrl + Alt + t brings up the virtual terminal.
>
But that's not a terminal on the X display so xinput doesn't do
anything helpful - it just says "Unable to connect to X server".
Debian 13 and Xfce 4.20 here and "Ctrl+Alt+t" brings up a terminal
emulator on the laptop desktop with focus.
mick
DISPLAY=:0 xinput
(Character set might be a bit garbled, though)
Wayland, take that!
;-)
Cheers
