DELL TRACKPAD NOT WORKING INSTALL
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In the above example, the trackpad has an id of 12.

Run xinput -list to get a list of devices and find your trackpad.

To check you are using libinput for your trackpad by doing the following: When you log in, look for a cog or option to change your window manager to Xorg.

DELL TRACKPAD NOT WORKING TRIAL

Some of these steps may or may not be needed but it's what ended up working for me but with a lot of trial and error. Libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (301): 1 Libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (271): 0, 0 Libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (270): 0, 0 Libinput Send Events Modes Available (269): 1, 1 Libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (299): 0

Libinput Accel Speed Default (294): 0.000000 Libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (292): 0 Libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (291): 0 Libinput Click Method Enabled Default (314): 1, 0 Libinput Click Method Enabled (313): 1, 0 Libinput Click Methods Available (312): 1, 1 Libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (288): 1, 0, 0 Libinput Scroll Method Enabled (287): 1, 0, 0 Libinput Scroll Methods Available (286): 1, 1, 0 Libinput Disable While Typing Enabled Default (311): 1 Libinput Disable While Typing Enabled (310): 0 Libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (285): 0 Libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (284): 0 Libinput Tapping Button Mapping Default (309): 1, 0 Libinput Tapping Button Mapping Enabled (308): 1, 0 Libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled Default (307): 0 Libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled (306): 0 Libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (305): 1 Libinput Tapping Enabled Default (303): 0

DELL TRACKPAD NOT WORKING UPDATE

Update 5: This is the output after switching to libinput в•°в”Ђ$ xinput list-props 12 Synaptics Circular Scrolling Trigger (322): 0 Synaptics Circular Scrolling Distance (321): 0.100000 Synaptics Locked Drags Timeout (317): 5000

Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling (313): 1, 1 Synaptics Scrolling Distance (311): 27, 27 Means my mouse is back up and running on xorg but the trackpad is still not, but the xinput list has changed в•°в”Ђ$ xinput -list

DELL TRACKPAD NOT WORKING INSTALL

Update 3: Installing sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-all But switching to xorg on the GDM means my trackpad and my mouse no longer work, so it seems like I caught between a rock and a hard place at the moment. This is the list of input devices that it can see and I'm now wondering if Wayland is the cause of my issues. The following is the output of xinput: в•°в”Ђ$ xinput -list I just don't know what to change to get it working. I've checked and my battery is showing no signs of swelling and for good measure I removed the battery to see if that would change anything and it doesnt.ДЇinal test was to see if clicking in the BIOS settings worked and it does, so I'm fairly convinced that this is an issue on Ubuntu. Researching online, a number of people have had issues with the battery swelling and causing issues with the trackpad. UPDATE 1: So after a couple of updates to my 18.10 install the touchpad stopped working with the tapping, so the trackpad will only scroll and move around but I can't click at all.

DELL TRACKPAD NOT WORKING SOFTWARE

This is intermittent with working or not and this also means that right click is not working as that works with a press and click on the right bottom area of the trackpad.Дoes anyone know if this is a software issue?ДЄlso worth noting that two finger scrolling is working. The trackpad also has a press down until a physical click occurs. After installing Ubuntu 18.10, my trackpad is doing this interesting thing where I can lightly tap the track pad and it's registered as a single mouse click (and it works with double tap).

Dell trackpad not working