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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 Settings->Mouse and Touchpad->Touchpad tab was not here So I tried to run sudo modprobe psmouse and than it started working, but the touchpad settings still aren't here and neither edge scrolling nor 2-finger scrolling is working. I also can't disable it. I found out, that the touchpad is recognized as PS/2 Generic Mouse instead of my elantech touchpad.

⎡ Virtual core pointer                      id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ A4TECH USB Device                         id=10   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ A4TECH USB Device                         id=11   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ PS/2 Generic Mouse                        id=13   [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)]
    ↳ Video Bus                                 id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=9    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=12   [slave  keyboard (3)]

Is there a way how can I get my touchpad working properly as before?

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  • Check out this link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/109345/no-touchpad-tab-under-mouse-and-touchpad-settings-detected-as-ps-2-generic-mo?rq=1 – Mukund Jan 06 '13 at 21:15
  • I tried everything I found there, but nothing worked, but thanks anyway. – jandurek Jan 11 '13 at 18:45
  • Same issue on Kubuntu. Just restarted my Dell after 30+ days. 1. Touchpad does work, but tapping on it doesn't register as a click which it did before. 2. Trying to open the touchpad settings crashes the settings app. – Dror Jan 16 '13 at 22:55

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I found the solution! I found it here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/667707 and a workaround from comment #3 worked. 

sudo rmmod psmouse
sudo insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.ko
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