Are you still experiencing this problem in 16.04 after updating the system?
It sounds like the Synaptics Xorg driver knows about your touchpad but might be ignoring it: [ 44.044] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found [ 44.045] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/mouse0) [ 44.045] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Ignoring device from InputClass "touchpad ignore duplicates" Also, if you can then please try Ubuntu 18.04 and tell us if that has the same problem: http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758083 Title: Must used usb mouse. Touchpad not working any more. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1758083/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
