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Elantech Touchpad not working on Ubuntu 16.04 and Arch Linux
So I have and Asus R558UF notebook with an Elantech Touchpad.
After installing Ubuntu 16.04, the touchpad worked once but after restarting, it failed to work and has not been working ever since.
This is output of xinput:
↳ Elan Touchpad …
Paras Thakur
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How can I disable Elantech Touchpad while typing on Ubuntu 12.10?
I have an Asus laptop (non zenbook) which I purchased last week. It has an Elantech Touchpad on it. Here's what's working:
Edge scrolling or Two Finger Scrolling.
Three finger and Two finger.
Left Click and Right Click and double tap.
The only…
Jason Shultz
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Couldn't find synaptics properties after reboot. No synaptics driver loaded?
Every time I reboot my laptop, my touchpad scrolling stops to work. I assume it's because my synaptics isn't loading as when I try to run synclient. I get the
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?
error. In addition, my…
user3236273
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Elantech touchpad does not work (i2c-hid)
TL;DR; WTF!?
The substance of this question is in the title and in bold. Some touchpads, designed for Win8/10, behave erratically with the Linux i2c-hid kernel module.
There are a lot of questions related to Elantech touchpads not working. This…
xiota
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IdeaPad 5 15are05 - elan touchpad not working on 20.04 nor on 18.04
I bought a Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15are05 yesterday and installed Ubuntu 20.04 on it. Problem is, the touchpad doesn't work.
I've also tried 18.04 and even Debian 10, but the only OS it works on is Windows.
I've looked through many fora and I found…
DemonExposer
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How do I get the touchpad working on an Asus x450L?
I've been using Ubuntu for a couple of weeks now and have been surviving without my touchpad.
I have Asus x450L laptop. Are there drivers available so my trackpad will function again?
It works on windows 8.1 but not on Ubuntu. I tried reinstalling…
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How do I get two finger scrolling working on an Acer S3 Elantech Touchpad?
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on the Acer S3 ultrabook and I am trying to get the touchpad to work with two button scrolling. When I go to System Settings -> Mouse and Touchpad I don't see any touchpad preferences there, only basic mouse settings.
When…
Anil
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Elantech touchpad stopped working after restart
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 on my MSI X460DX notebook for a few weeks. Touchpad worked without problem. 2-finger scrolling worked as well as disabling touchpad with key shortcut. But now after a restart touchpad just stopped working completely. System…
jandurek
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Disabling One-Finger Tap-to-Click But Keep Two-Finger tap Ubuntu 12.04
The option to disable the touchpad while typing does not work on my Samsung RC512 with an Elantech touchpad and I enjoy two-finger scroll and middle-click emulation with two fingers too much to disable tapping the touchpad. When I type the cursor…
metalnick
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How to use Fingerprint reader in Ubuntu 19.10
I am using Ubuntu 19.10 in Asus X510UN. Using the lsusb command I can't find Fingerprint Device, and it's even showing no device found in fprintd-enroll.
I have built-in fingerprint reader in my touchpad.
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Lenovo Ideapad 320 - Touchpad doesn't work
My touchpad is working with Windows, but not with Ubuntu. I believe I require drivers for Ubuntu. On the Lenovo site I can't find a driver for Ubuntu or for any Linux distro. Can anyone help?
user2280646
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Asus g501 Multitouch not working on 16.04
I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 but the multitouch doesn't work which makes it very hard to work. Here are the issues I'm facing;
Since the left and right click buttons are part of the touchpad, they aren't detected and this causes the…
amusingalan
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Touchpad issues - Elantech PS/2
I was able to getit working with:
sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps
My laptop's touchpad (Elantech, I think) is not working whatsoever.
I am dual-booting Win8.1 and Ubuntu 15.04 and it works fine when booted into…
Dziugas
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Touchpad only starts working after suspend on Ubuntu 16.04 of Asus laptop
I have a weird problem with my ASUS K556UB laptop.
When I start the computer, the touchpad doesn't work, it is shown in
xinput output and in /proc/bus/input/devices.
Here's the weird part: it starts working when I wake the computer from suspend. So…
nidzo732
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16.04: Elantech touchpad not working on new laptop
I recently bought an HP 14-an013nr, which was released within the last two months. It has an Elantech touchpad that does not seem to work. That is, motions with my finger do not result in corresponding motions of the pointer. Sometimes the pointer…
michaelkovarik
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