Dell Inspiron N5110 Touchpad not detected

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sanju@sanju-Inspiron-N5110:~$ xinput --list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                      id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ PS/2 Generic Mouse                        id=12   [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)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button                              id=9    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD               id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=11   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys                          id=13   [slave  keyboard (3)]

As above my touchpad is not detected by the system. version is Ubuntu 12.04

Can anyone help me?

possible duplicate: http://askubuntu.com/questions/199581/my-toshiba-touchpad-not-working/199592#199592 — , Oct 13 '12 at 09:26
Check out this solutioni for Ubuntu 12.10: http://askubuntu.com/a/199587/44254 — Beni Bogosel, Oct 23 '12 at 15:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 13 '12 at 09:29

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Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command below.

sudo gconftool-2 --set --type boolean /desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad_enabled true

edited Oct 13 '12 at 09:29

Mitch

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answered Oct 13 '12 at 09:26

didn't do anything in my case. – metakermit Oct 23 '13 at 07:45
/desktop/gnome..... Which is this place?? – mayankcpdixit Apr 17 '14 at 08:39

Dell Inspiron N5110 Touchpad not detected

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