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As the title says, i just installed ubuntu via a flash drive and now the curoer remains stationary on my screen. It wont click or move. How do i fix this? Picture of desktop

HeroToMillions
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When booting get into the BIOS settings (F2) and set touchpad mode on "basic" instead of "advanced" (it's in a different part of the BIOS settings depending on the laptop, as far as I know). Then go to "exit" and choose "exit and save changes". Then get into Ubuntu (the touchpad will now work but not perfectly) and install the package "xserver-xorg-input-synaptics" (from a package manager or from the terminal with sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics). After that, the touchpad will work perfectly on Ubuntu.

If you have dual boot, you will have to set it on "advanced" again in order to have it work perfectly on Windows, and on "basic" in order to have it work at all on Ubuntu. The package "xserver-xorg-input-synaptics" will give you on Ubuntu all the advanced functions that the "advanced" mode gives you on Windows (two fingers etc.)

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