Touchpad not working on Linux Mint
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Solution 1
UPDATE
I managed to solve the issue. It seems windows had the ability to mess with a bios setting called 'Advanced Touchpad' or something like that. I just disabled it in bios and everything works now.
Solution 2
I would try installing the Synaptiks touchpad tool. This solved my issue when my touchpad wasn't recognized on my laptop.
sudo apt-get install synaptiks
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Slava Knyazev almost 2 years
I searched for a very long time and I can't find anything that fixes the issue.
My issue is not only that my touchpad doesn't work, but that it isn't detected.
The command from the debian wiki returns nothing (
egrep -i 'synap|alps|etps' /proc/bus/input/devices
)Built version:
$ uname -a Linux slava-Aspire-E5-773G 3.19.0-32-generic #37~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 22 09:41:40 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I suspect that it is a driver issue, however I have no idea how to check that and even less fix it.
A fix or debugging assistance would be very nice ^^
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arxpoetica about 8 yearsCould you post what model of laptop you have?
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Slava Knyazev about 8 years@LucasMcCoy Acer Aspire E 17
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Slava Knyazev about 8 yearsHmm.. package was not found but after following the guide here: askubuntu.com/questions/453876/… , I got this error: imgur.com/GL9IvO4 I also rran xinput list and it gave me this: pastebin.com/raw/Nfj0eUVp