[CLOSED] turn on touchpad pointer

I was working on my wife's computer. She wanted to slow down the touchpad arrow (pointer). I inadvertenly turned the pointer off. Now I have a arrow (pointer) that will not move. I tried the repair console, but there doesn't seem to be a choice for reverting to defalut. Thanks for your help

Hi,

if it is a normal laptop, press the FN key and another like F6 or the one that corresponds to the keyboard, it should switch it back on!. On my laptop it is FN + F6.


Regards Wolfman

It's not a laptop and I don't have an "FN" key. I have control, alt. windows key

Hi,

try this terminal command, press "Ctrl + Alt + t" to open the terminal and paste this command:

Code:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.cursor active true

If you have a USB mouse, enter the following in a terminal:

Code:

gksudo /etc/init.d/hotplug restart

let us know if it helps.

Regards Wolfman

thanks Wolfman, you have helped me a great deal and I appreciate it. This time it didn't work. I'm going to reinstall
zorin since I don't have much of anything on the system. You can close this post. Thanks again

Hi ogborne,

sorry it didn't work for you, maybe it is just as quick to reinstall as you said. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Regards Wolfman