Touchpad settings are not available in Zorin OS 12.2 Core

Hi there,

On the Dutch Zorin forum there is a member who said that the touchpad settings are not available in Zorin OS 12.2 Core.
So today i open my own laptop to see if it is not a single case and to my surprise there is no touchpad settings only mouse settings are there.
Is this a bug in Zorin OS 12.2 Core?

hey Mr. H
no idea for core but investing in ultimate makes burden go away
touchpad works for me as standard but find under software


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Hi is touchpad functional? Don't forget, even in widows/bios touchpad is often referred to as a ps/2 mouse for some bizarre reason. Have you searched for 'touchpad' in Synaptic Package Manager?

Hi Swarfendor437,

Yes touchpad is functional, i mean i'm using it on the laptop.

On an early version of Zorin OS 12.1 (not 12.2) there we have the settings as shown in this picture:

Hi Hensyr, I need to download 12.2 Core at some stage to create unofficial manual for 12.x

Hi Zorinantwerp.

How did you find the touchpad controls in Z12 Ultimate?

I've been looking for this for a while.

Hi Zorinantwerp.

How did you find the touchpad controls in Z12 Ultimate?

I've been looking for this for a while.

Finston, Hensyr is pointing out that the Touchpad settings were present in 12.1 but not in 12.2 - that screenshot is from 12.1. Just been looking in my archive images of synaptic - the driver used to be 1.83 which is no longer present in the repositories - current is 1.9.

My only suggestion is to see (NO GUARANTEES!) if installing the package I have highlighted helps:

Hi dear Swarfendor437,

I did installed the package you have highlighted but the settings are not back.

Hi Hensyr, there appears to be a problem albeit different in main Ubuntu. See if this thread helps? :

https://askubuntu.com/questions/762189/ ... -16-04-lts

In particular the reference to Gnome Shell extension.

In that case - I couldn't even find the touchpad controls in Z12.1

and

its no wonder that I still can't find them in Z12.2

Are they coming back any time soon, I wonder?

It would help my laptop typing greatly if the touchpad was off as I type - so many unintended errors - I used to think I could no longer type!

Hi Finston, I'm afraid it's Terminal time again!

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad

I only want to disable the touchpad whilst typing

There are times when having the touchpad as a "backup" is useful - I had a bad experence once in loosing both mouse and touchpad.

So, for me, I will wait until the O/S (hopefully!) gives me this option.

I THINK I may have accidentally found the solution while grabbing images for the next sections of the unofficial manual in Gnome Tweak Tool Keyboard and Mouse!:

Thanks, Swarf.

So does this mean that "default" disables the touchpad, whilst typing, but otherwise leaves the touchpad active.

If so - it is just what I need.

I don't have a notebook to test it on at home - I would suggest 'None' - think it through - Click Method = None!

Thanks again, Swarf - but unsure which one would do what.

I want the touchpad on, except when typing - however, this does not seem to be an explicit option in Gnome Tweak Tool.

Done some more searching and found this:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic ... yYz0IpB3-I

The contents of 70-synaptics.conf file is as follows:

"# Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver
# to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on
# InputClass.
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
# it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
# Additional options may be added in the form of
# Option "OptionName" "value"
#
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
# This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
# enabled by default. See the following link for details:
# http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-t ... rrors.html
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchOS "Linux"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
Option "Ignore" "on"
EndSection

# This option enables the bottom right corner to be a right button on clickpads
# and the right and middle top areas to be right / middle buttons on clickpads
# with a top button area.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
MatchDriver "synaptics"
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
Option "SecondarySoftButtonAreas" "58% 0 0 15% 42% 58% 0 15%"
EndSection

# This option disables software buttons on Apple touchpads.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Disable clickpad buttons on Apple touchpads"
MatchProduct "Apple|bcm5974"
MatchDriver "synaptics"
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection"

I'm unclear as to the link to the first article whether it is just a case of renaming the file to 50-synaptics conf!

The only other snippet of information I could find was here:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/960048/ ... -16-04-lts

Thanks for the digging, Swarf.

BUT

A little too deep for me - I'll wait until the option to suspend touchpad whilst typing appears in the Zorin 12 O/S.

Hi,may I suggest you switch over to Zorin Ultimate v.12
in menu type touchpad and bingo all is at hand


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Hi Zorinantwerp.

What is Zorin Ultimate v.12? - it sounds like just what I am looking for - I am running Zorin Ultimate OS 12.2 64-bit as described by "Settings" > "Details".

Also, In which Menu did you type "touchpad"?

Thanks for the lead!

Hi,may I suggest you switch over to Zorin Ultimate v.12
in menu type touchpad and bingo all is at hand


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Hi zorinantwerp,

I would like to use that image in the Unofficial Manual for Zorin - where in the system did you get that image from - Settings or Tweak Tool?

Thanks.

in menu/looking glass insert 'touchpad'
you arrive in option mouse/touchpad settings
click on touchpad option to have the appropriate settings

or in menu/administration/software
in looking glass type touchpad for install

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in menu/looking glass insert 'touchpad'
you arrive in option mouse/touchpad settings
click on touchpad option to have the appropriate settings

or in menu/administration/software
in looking glass type touchpad for install

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OK, clearly that does not work for me as I don't have a notebook with Zorin 12 installed - only desktop with standard mouse - but is this normally in Settings under Moused and Touchpade? How did you install additional bits?

Hi Zorinantwerp

I have my laptop running Zorin Ultimate 12.2

You say:
"in menu/looking glass insert 'touchpad'
you arrive in option mouse/touchpad settings
click on touchpad option to have the appropriate settings"

Which "menu" is this? Are menu/looking glass the same thing?


I tried inserting "touchpad" above the blue "Z" - no joy

Where can it be?

Hi Finston

the problem with the menu popping up is that I cannot take a print screen
since I run a cinnamon flavour desktop perhaps your outlook might be different

on top of the menu you have a search case (with a looking glass sign)

otherwise go directly to software and under 'all' find the setting to install


hope it helps

Thanks for the update, Zorinantwerp. I found the items in "software" - as you suggested.


Which of the two mouse and (&) touchpad packages enables the "deactivate touchpad whilst typing" feature? - it looks like it is "mouse and touchpad".

I had "mouse & touchpad" already installed.

I tried installing "mouse and touchpad" and the install failed.

Close - but no cigar!

Hi Finston, I finally found the location - if you notice you should already have the default one installed - I suspect you will need to remove the installed Gnome package and then install the one below it:

Thanks, Swarf.

It looks like you might loose some useful Gnome features if you uninstall "mouse & touchpad". Has anyone tried removing it I wonder?

Zorinantwerp, your screenshot showed both "mouse & touchpad" and "mouse and touchpad" installed - how did you achieve that?

Hi Zorinantwerp,

Your screenshot showed both "mouse & touchpad" and "mouse and touchpad" installed - how did you achieve that?

Hi ZorinAntwerp,

Just wondered if you could lead me through how to get both features enabled - the same as you have.

Thanks in anticipation

F.P.

Hi ZorinAntwerp,

Just wondered if you could lead me through how to get both features enabled - the same as you have.

Thanks in anticipation

F.P.

I had the same issue. The settings for the touchpad were not showing up in the standard Mouse and Touchpad settings. I use both single touch click and scrolling on the touchpad and I really need these to work for me in order to call a distro - feature complete.

I found a work around, which did the trick beautifully. I hope it works for you. I am using a Dell Latitude E5570 and I installed Zorin 12.4 Ultimate. I opened the Software store and installed Welcome. From there I used it to launch a different control center app. Here are the steps:
- Open Software store
- Under category "System" (Other tab) select and install the Welcome app
- Once the Welcome app is installed, launch it directly from the Software store
- When the new window opens click on the "Getting Started" button
- On the next window click on the "Customization" button
- Under "Customization" select the "Control Center" button. This will launch a control panel, which is different from the default Zorin Settings panel
- A new window will pop up called "Control Center". Select the "Mouse" button
- When the next window pops up click the touchpad tab and select the "Enable horizontal scrolling" radio button
- If you are like me you may also want to select the "Enables mouse clicks with touchpad" radio button as well

Admittedly, it is a long work around. However, it worked for my Dell Latitude and I hope it works for you.