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

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Subject: How to get touchpad settings back afer (oops!) disabling them?
From: Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:56:06 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 6n2sim-nb1c.ln1@q957.zbmc.eu>

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?

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Chris Green
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