Re: How to get touchpad settings back afer (oops!) disabling them?

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.
mick