How on earth do I fix my trackpad?

Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨sbeak@sopuli.xyz⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

I am currently using Fedora 43 KDE, and this issue only recently popped up. My trackpad is being exceptionally borky, I can’t accurately use it without any jitters and jumps! I have no idea why this is happening. Like when I try and click a button, the trackpad decides to jump to the button below for who knows why. For reference, when I use a mouse, it tracks fine, and the touchscreen still works. I think my stylus does as well. It’s just something to do with the trackpad. How do I fix my trackpad? Is there a way to “recalibrate” it or something?

Video link for reference: codeberg.org/…/Screencast_20260203_101257.webm (p.s. if anyone knows a better solution to sharing videos that doesn’t involve making accounts, please let me know! Codeberg isn’t really designed for this…)

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adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Do you know which trackpad you have?

I’ve had that experience before on some laptops where the battery that sat right under the trackpad started to inflate.

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rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
throw a different live distro on and see if the problem persists. if so, put in some windows install media and see if it works during the install process. if neither do, it’s probably hardware.

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hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
try booting windows pe usb (you can make one from linux), this may be a hardware issue.

you can use xinput disable command to disable the trackpad inside x11

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SolidShake@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
This is why I won’t fully switch to Linux. It’s been out for decades but the most basic shit breaks on it that shouldnt break lol. And I bet the only fix is to open terminal and input 40 lines of commands

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- thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  So edgy to talk about things you know so little about. I bet you’re so fun at parties.
  
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- sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Nope, all I had to do was restart! Really nice actually, surprised it took two to fix the issue.
  
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e0qdk@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

if anyone knows a better solution to sharing videos that doesn’t involve making accounts, please let me know!

You can upload small files (under 200MB) to catbox.moe

I don’t know how to fix your trackpad issue though. Sorry.

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just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Sounds like you might have a Synaptics trackpad with humidity in the layers.

Do you know the model of the machine?

Have you tried completely shutting down to power it off and then seeing how it behaves after rebooting?

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- sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I have tried restarting. Sometimes it fixes the issue, but later in the day it always reappears
  
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- sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  It is an Asus Zenbook Flip UP3404 (thank god it has a touchscreen)
  
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  - Lemmyme@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I have the same laptop! Is there anything that didn’t work with it on Linux like function keys lightening up and doing the right things, webcam/IR camera, sleep/suspend, screen rotating in tablet mode turning of the keyboard, etc.? Did you get the number thing on the trackpad and those gestures working? (I never use that though). Can you change fan profiles? Can you do a “flicker free” dimming of the oled screen? On Windows I have a problem where the laptop will always get stuck in “tablet mode,” so I’ve been thinking to switch it to Linux at some point. I tried a live USB boot once at it seems like some of the function keys were acting strange, so I’m especially interested in what you might have noticed from many hours of use (if anything else other than the trackpad issue). Thanks in advance, and I hope your problem is only a software and not a hardware thing.
    
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  - just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I believe this is a Synaptics. If you’ve ever spilled anything on it, it’s probably toast.
    
    You can try to find a replacement for fairly cheap though.
    
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