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

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.