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Touchpad not working on Ubuntu

anthonynguyen0 -  
 jns55 -
Hello,
I decided the day before yesterday to remove Windows and replace it with Ubuntu. After a laborious installation (apparently the manufacturer Acer is not a fan of Linux...), I found that my touchpad is not working...
I have been searching for solutions on the internet for 2 days and tried different manipulations but nothing has worked...
Here is my xinput list:
Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
? ? Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
? ? HID compliant device id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
? ? HID compliant device id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
? ? SYN1B7F:00 06CB:2970 UNKNOWN id=13 [slave pointer (2)]
? Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
? Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
? Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
? Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
? Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
? HID compliant device id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
? HD WebCam id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
? AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
? Acer WMI hotkeys id=15 [slave keyboard (3)]

Since the manipulations I've done, the SYN1B... has been added. I'm not sure why or what it is, but there it is...
If you have a solution to propose, that would be great! Because having to carry around a mouse is not ideal...

1 answer

  1. jns55
     
    Hello,
    Try the following command in the terminal (immediate effect if the touchpad is simply disabled) 
    synclient TouchpadOff=0
    .
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    1. anthonynguyen0
       
      >>Good evening,
      I placed the order, but unfortunately it didn't have the desired effect... The touchpad is still not working :/
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    2. jns55
       
      And the command 
      synclient
      alone? (should return a list of parameters)
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    3. anthonynguyen0
       
      Here’s what it looks like:
      nguyen@nguyen-Aspire-E5-772:~$ synclient
      Parameter settings:
      LeftEdge = 49
      RightEdge = 1187
      TopEdge = 48
      BottomEdge = 850
      FingerLow = 25
      FingerHigh = 30
      MaxTapTime = 180
      MaxTapMove = 67
      MaxDoubleTapTime = 100
      SingleTapTimeout = 180
      ClickTime = 100
      EmulateMidButtonTime = 0
      EmulateTwoFingerMinZ = 282
      EmulateTwoFingerMinW = 7
      VertScrollDelta = 30
      HorizScrollDelta = 30
      VertEdgeScroll = 0
      HorizEdgeScroll = 0
      CornerCoasting = 0
      VertTwoFingerScroll = 1
      HorizTwoFingerScroll = 1
      MinSpeed = 1
      MaxSpeed = 1.75
      AccelFactor = 0.130976
      TouchpadOff = 2
      LockedDrags = 0
      LockedDragTimeout = 5000
      RTCornerButton = 2
      RBCornerButton = 3
      LTCornerButton = 0
      LBCornerButton = 0
      TapButton1 = 1
      TapButton2 = 3
      TapButton3 = 0
      ClickFinger1 = 1
      ClickFinger2 = 3
      ClickFinger3 = 0
      CircularScrolling = 0
      CircScrollDelta = 0.1
      CircScrollTrigger = 0
      CircularPad = 0
      PalmDetect = 0
      PalmMinWidth = 10
      PalmMinZ = 200
      CoastingSpeed = 20
      CoastingFriction = 50
      PressureMotionMinZ = 30
      PressureMotionMaxZ = 160
      PressureMotionMinFactor = 1
      PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1
      ResolutionDetect = 1
      GrabEventDevice = 0
      TapAndDragGesture = 1
      AreaLeftEdge = 0
      AreaRightEdge = 0
      AreaTopEdge = 0
      AreaBottomEdge = 0
      HorizHysteresis = 7
      VertHysteresis = 7
      ClickPad = 1
      RightButtonAreaLeft = 618
      RightButtonAreaRight = 0
      RightButtonAreaTop = 736
      RightButtonAreaBottom = 0
      MiddleButtonAreaLeft = 0
      MiddleButtonAreaRight = 0
      MiddleButtonAreaTop = 0
      MiddleButtonAreaBottom = 0
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    4. jns55 > anthonynguyen0
       
      I don't see anything unusual...
      Can you tell me more about your PC, the Linux distribution, and the difficulties you encountered during the installation?
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    5. anthonynguyen0
       
      My computer is an Acer Aspire E5 772, I bought it about 2 months ago.
      It was running Windows 10, but as a first-year computer science student, I need Linux for my work.
      I installed version 15.10 of Ubuntu (the latest one).
      As for the difficulty, it seems that Acer is not very fond of Linux (according to what I've read here and there on the internet), something to do with a chip I can't remember... lol
      Basically, I made a bootable USB with version 14.0.3 and it didn't work (I left my computer with my Systems teacher, who also couldn't get it to work...) I tried for 2 days in vain to make it happen, and I finally tested version 15.10 which also didn't work until I changed the boot mode (from UEFI by default) to Legacy, and now it works... But if I set it to UEFI, it shows me No bootable device...
      So that's it, I think I've said everything.
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