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Touchpad is not behaving as it used to be in Ubuntu

mx flag
xpt

Touchpad is not behaving as it used to be, at least not to what I've been accustomed to.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  • boot either kubuntu or lubuntu Live-CD 20.04 and
  • use the touchpad after GUI started

I'd expect that the touchpad's behavior would be similiar to the standard touchpad behavior, at least some/most of them.

However, nothing works that way:

  • left-click by tap one finger anywhere on the touchpad,
  • right-click by tap two fingers anywhere on the touchpad
  • drag/move an item by tap, immediately tap and hold, then drag
  • etc...

Tried on both of my Lenovo and Asus laptops.

Is it only me or it is happening to you as well?

Pilot6 avatar
cn flag
It is not happening to me ;-)
Hi-Angel avatar
es flag
Did you enable tap-to-click?
mx flag
xpt
That might be what I'm missing @Hi-Angel, how pls?
mx flag
xpt
@Pilot6, are you running Live-CD 20.04 as-is, or your own system?
Pilot6 avatar
cn flag
Yes, I ran a 20.04 LiveUSB on many systems. It is not guaranteed that multitouch support works on every hardware. Some touchpads are not supported yet.
Hi-Angel avatar
es flag
@xpt I assume you're using Gnome. It should be somewhere in settings, but you can also enable from a terminal [like this](https://askubuntu.com/a/403115/266507)
Hi-Angel avatar
es flag
Ah, in settings it is at path: `Mouse & touchpad → Tap to Click`
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