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

Timothy M Butterworth <[email protected]> Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:15:09 -0400

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On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM Chris Green <[email protected]> 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?
>

The easiest solution is to connect a USB mouse.


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