mouse and touchpad settings missing

14.04 mouse touchpad multi-touch system-settings

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Solution 1

It is possible to get back the touchpad and mouse settings in your control panel.

You can simply install it either from synaptic package manager or by using the following apt command

sudo apt-get install touchpad-indicator

If you are facing the problem with the settings just remove the mouse and touchpad settings file by the following command

rm -fr ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse

Hope this will help you better to resolve your issues.

Solution 2

I think it depends on how your touchpad is recognized - it looks the same with my HP Envy x360 15'. You will have more GUI options with gpointing-device-settings or Touchpad-indicator.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install touchpad-indicator

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user281989

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

user281989 over 1 year

I am using the latest version of ubuntu 14.04 in the new lenovo Z510 ideapad laptop. I came across this problem while i was trying to enable my two-finger swipe action. Usually the mouse and touchpad setting will have separate columns for mouse and touchpad as shown here:

^{from this link}

Whereas in my case there is no two parts. Just one, as shown.

Now can I get my settings back to normal, as shown here? Also, is it possible to enable both edge scrolling and two-finger scrolling without the use of third party apps like touchegg? If so, how?
- Wilf almost 10 years
  
  have you tried the commands in that link you got the picture from? Just as the options are not shown does always mean that they are not available...
- user281989 almost 10 years
  
  yes. when i try the first command it shows this "Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?"
- Wilf almost 10 years
  
  Have you tried searching for and/or installing any drivers? e.g. xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (which may be default, already installed, dunno)
- user281989 almost 10 years
  
  i tried the commands in this link. no luck.
- Wilf almost 10 years
  
  synaptic is a package manager, not a touch pad driver..
- user281989 almost 10 years
  
  synaptic package manager has been installed by default
- Wilf almost 10 years
  
  Basically try running sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics. Also: help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad#Troubleshooting
- Tosho over 9 years
  
  This is exactly what happened to me just 1-2 hours ago. I've had installed Ubuntu 14.04 for a month and it was working perfect and today suddenly the touchpad stop working like it had. I'm re-installing Ubuntu tomorrow
- Admin over 9 years
  
  I am having the same issue. The touchpad settings is missing in my ASUS X455LD laptop.
user281989 almost 10 years

yeah my synaptics is not istalled. there are many downloads avainlabe in the software center. can you tell me which one is the most ideal?
user281989 almost 10 years

according to the link sent in the above comments, my synaptic package manager has been installed.
McLovin almost 10 years

not the package manager, it's called synaptics, not synaptic, I know it's confusing, it's just 1 letter difference, but that one letter makes a big difference with what you install. So look for synaptics, exactly, you can use synaptic package manager if you installed it, I find it to be easier to find programs in in it.
Viktor over 7 years

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