I've been very happy using Kubuntu on a HP laptop so updated to a newer HP ENVY Laptop (nontouch screen) recently. I have a problem with mouse pointer control using the the touch pad. I've tried all the settting but nothing solves this problem so unless I find the answer quickly I'll be stuck with win10 on the laptop.
The are three effects of this problem, the more simple one is finding a speed for the pointer. In configuration application it works great but in normal use is very hit and miss. The second problem is it seems when I move the pointer towards a editable area like a form it shoot off either to the top right of the screen or bottom left. I could just about cope with these to problems but problem 3 is the killer. The buttons on the touch pad are built into the pad so not seperate as on some laptop. The way I use a touchpad I normally always have one finger on the left button for clicking and a finger on the other hand to move the pointer around the screen. I can not do this because when I do the mouse pointer does not move. It seem the software is thinking I have two finger on the pad.
I hope I've explained that correctly, I suspect I've not but out of my desperation I also installed Mint and had the same problem. It seem Ubuntu don't play well with HP Envy laptops.
The are three effects of this problem, the more simple one is finding a speed for the pointer. In configuration application it works great but in normal use is very hit and miss. The second problem is it seems when I move the pointer towards a editable area like a form it shoot off either to the top right of the screen or bottom left. I could just about cope with these to problems but problem 3 is the killer. The buttons on the touch pad are built into the pad so not seperate as on some laptop. The way I use a touchpad I normally always have one finger on the left button for clicking and a finger on the other hand to move the pointer around the screen. I can not do this because when I do the mouse pointer does not move. It seem the software is thinking I have two finger on the pad.
I hope I've explained that correctly, I suspect I've not but out of my desperation I also installed Mint and had the same problem. It seem Ubuntu don't play well with HP Envy laptops.