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So in an attempt to install the fglrx-updates package I somehow managed to disable my touchpad. I've gone through all the things I can think of. I tried reinstalling the xorg drivers via:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

And it's not the same issue as here: Couldn't find synaptics properties after reboot. No synaptics driver loaded?

It might help to know I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS on an HP dv6117

It might also help to know it stopped working after running this:

sudo apt-get install --install-recommends xserver-xorg libgl1-mesa-glx libegl1-mesa-drivers

And also when I try to run synclient it returns:

Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?

The computer still works fine with my wireless mouse, but I'd prefer to get the touchpad working again.

EDIT

I had restarted the computer several times in the process of trying to find the cause and randomly the touchpad became operable probably about the 7th time. I checked BIOS settings and there is nothing even relating to the touchpad. There also isn't a normal Fn key combination to disable the touchpad on my laptop. Even though it's working I'd still like to know what disabled it in the first place.

Ian
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Unsure if it is useful, but please check the BIOS settings, if touchpad is disabled there?

Also, many notebooks have Fn+key combination to disable the TP. Couldn't you press this combination unintentionally?

Try to boot from LiveCD - does it detect the TP?

Troublemaker-DV
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