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

To: Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>
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Subject: Re: How to get touchpad settings back afer (oops!) disabling them?
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:15:09 -0400
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On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> 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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