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title: "Enable Tap to Click and Other Features in Linux"
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date: 2021-03-03T06:46:01Z
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lastmod: 2022-04-29T06:46:01Z
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draft: false
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keywords: [linux synaptics touchpad driver]
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description: ""
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tags: [touchpad]
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categories: [linux]
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author: ""
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flowchartDiagrams:
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enable: false
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options: ""
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enable: false
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---
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It should be easy.
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<!--more-->
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## If your touchpad is not working
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Edit `/etc/default/grub` to pass kernel parameter ([docs](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.10/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.html)):
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```
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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="i8042.nopnp=1"
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```
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Leave other paramters as is. Generate configuration file as normal and reboot.
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## Make touchpad more useful
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Works for most Synaptics and ALPS touchpads. Requires `xf86-input-synaptics`.
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Edit `/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf`
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```
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Section "InputClass"
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Identifier "touchpad"
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Driver "synaptics"
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MatchIsTouchpad "on"
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Option "TapButton1" "1"
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Option "TapButton2" "3"
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Option "TapButton3" "2"
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Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "on"
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Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "on"
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EndSection
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```
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Log out and log in.
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## More info and parameters
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[Touchpad Synaptics - ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics)
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[libinput - ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libinput)
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