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on my L460 thinkpad neither the trackpoint nor the trackpad work. I am only able to use the gui with an external mouse connected.

I tried with the kernels 4.5 rc 4, 4.5 rc 6, 4.2.0 16 and 4.2.0 30.

Am I missing something I can do about it? Will try latest 4.4 kernel in a few.

(latest synaptics package is installed and the xinput list is not showing a pointing device)

Thanks in advance.

mikewhatever
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Matt
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Modifying the file /etc/default/grub and inserting i8042.reset in the quote on the line starting with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. Then save your modification and start sudo update-grub. It should work.

pherjung
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I had the same problem

Get yourself a windows installation usb stick and then start installing windows. The first screen lets you choose your language. There you can check if the touchpad works. Just move the mouse a little. Then halt and start installing ubuntu. Now it worked for me

I hope that works for you too =) Greets

b4shyou
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Here

$ synclient TouchPadOff=0

worked. I'm not yet sure, whether it is necessary to add this to ~/.profile as described in my source http://thinkwiki.de/Debian_Schnelleinstieg#Touchpad_deaktivieren (german).

kwoid
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