My Touch pad is not working properly (keeps jumping to the recycle bin)

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Hi guys i have been using Ubuntu on my desktop at work for a while now, but it seems like a really cool OS so i decided to install it on a Acer V5-572 Laptop.

The only thing I need help is the touch pad, it is really unresponsive and it jumps to the bottom left a lot of the time meaning i keep opening the recycle bin a lot. When I had Windows 10 on this system i had this exact problem and I fixed it by installing the drivers for the touch pad, but i cant seem to find the drivers.

im not 100% sure but i have looked at the other guides and i cant find any drivers but i thin this is it "Acer Aspire V5-572P V5-573P V7-581PG" — Karl Webster, Jan 29 '16 at 18:46
That's your laptop model. Try this: open a terminal and run sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-input-synaptics and then sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics. — TheWanderer, Jan 29 '16 at 18:48
Im sorry but the touch pad does fell more responsive but it still jumps to the trashcan ! grrrrr — Karl Webster, Jan 29 '16 at 19:21
Yeah as soon I download and installed the driver i rebooted but the mouse still jumps, when i click on the left click button. — Karl Webster, Jan 29 '16 at 19:23
I did read that Legacy boot has been know to casue this problem so im reinstalling on UFEI — Karl Webster, Jan 29 '16 at 21:06
I know what is causing the problem but i dont know the fix, basically the touch pad and the click buttons are the same so when i click using the left click the mouse flys over to the bottom left, is there any way of just disabling the bottom part of the touch pad? — Karl Webster, Jan 29 '16 at 21:09
You could see if the command xinput shows anything. (xinput enable/disable devID for control). — TheWanderer, Jan 29 '16 at 21:38
It shows up as a "SynPS/2 Synaptics keybaord" i have just right now disable and then enabled it and now it jumps to the top right near the power button ! — Karl Webster, Jan 29 '16 at 21:48
Yeah my bad its a SynPS/2 Synaptics touchpad, but after disabling and enable it now jumps to the top right — Karl Webster, Jan 29 '16 at 21:50
Well that's certainly interesting. I'm really not sure what you could do. — TheWanderer, Jan 29 '16 at 21:50
Yeah i mean now its less annoying because it just brings up the power bar and not the trash can but still thanks for your time mate. — Karl Webster, Jan 29 '16 at 21:53
I have the same problem on an Asus Zenbook UX305 ("Elan Touchpad") on 16.04. — Steve Kroon, Jun 29 '16 at 10:41

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 28 '21 at 21:54

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I had this type of problem.
I fixed was by changing Touchpad Settings from Advanced to Basic on the Bios menu.
It will work for me try it maybe works for you too.

edited May 28 '21 at 21:54

ThunderBird

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answered May 28 '21 at 09:27

Kandhaswamy

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My Touch pad is not working properly (keeps jumping to the recycle bin)

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