Touchpad not detected in any linux distribution

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I've installed several linux distributions and my touchpad isn't working in any of them. USB Mouse works fine and the touchpad works on Windows 10. I tried many different things I've found and none of them got good results. I'm using a Lenovo Ideapad 320 laptop running Windows 10 and Ubuntu 17.04 dual boot.

My xinput output:

⎡ Virtual core pointer                      id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer     (2)]
⎜   ↳ Logitech USB Optical 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)]
    ↳ EasyCamera                                id=9    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Ideapad extra buttons                     id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=11   [slave  keyboard (3)]

Edit: Output from pt-cache policy xserver-xorg-input-synaptics:

Xserver-xorg-input-synaptics:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1.9.0-1ubuntu1
Version table:
   1.9.0-1ubuntu1 500
     500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages

And apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-input-libinput:

Xserver-xorg-input-libinput:
   Installed: 0.25.0-0ubuntu1
   Candidate: 0.25.0-0ubuntu1
   Version table:
   *** 0.25.0-0ubuntu1 500
           500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages
            100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Most likely the touchpad is not supported by Linux yet. You can try a newer kernel to check if the support has been added. — Pilot6, Aug 05 '17 at 14:04
Does the computer see the touchpad? lshw will tell you, and journalctl -b will list all system messages since boot, including, maybe, a reason why no touchpad. — waltinator, Aug 05 '17 at 14:04
lshw doesn't show any touchpad and I can't see any touchpad related line on journalctl -b :/ — Matheus Melo, Aug 05 '17 at 14:11
Installed the newest kernel, still not working. Is there any way I can report it to Ubuntu? — Matheus Melo, Aug 05 '17 at 14:32
Edit your question to include the output of apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-input-synaptics and apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-input-libinput. — heynnema, Aug 05 '17 at 14:42
ps: also see https://www.reddit.com/r/elementaryos/comments/6nnpcp/touchpad_not_working_on_lenovo_ideapad_320/ — heynnema, Aug 05 '17 at 14:45
User space xserver-xorg drivers are not related. It is a kernel issue. — Pilot6, Aug 05 '17 at 15:40
You can report it to Canonical by running ubuntu-bug linux. — Pilot6, Aug 05 '17 at 15:41
Please try again, this time with the developing version, which comes with the newest linux kernel and hardware drivers (tested with Ubuntu), Ubuntu Development version / How to participate — sudodus, Mar 27 '18 at 07:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 01 '22 at 16:20

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Have you tried running the following?

sudo modprobe -r psmouse  # PS/2 mouse driver
sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps  # Add proto=imps option

edited Jul 01 '22 at 16:20

Pablo Bianchi

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answered Aug 05 '17 at 15:45

Sandeep Neupane

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Yup, didn't work either – Matheus Melo Aug 05 '17 at 15:55
Related: mouse - How do I make modprobe changes permanent? – Pablo Bianchi Jul 01 '22 at 16:20

Touchpad not detected in any linux distribution

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