Keyboard and Synaptics touchpad features stopped working after xenial software update

Question

I updated my Ubuntu 16.04 system this morning as follows:

$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
$ sudo apt autoremove

After a reboot, I found that the "hold-to-repeat" keyboard functionality stopped working for all keys. For example, holding Backspace deletes 1 to 5 letters and then stops instead of continuing to the key's release.

Also, basic functionality of my Synaptics touchpad suddenly disappeared, including "tap to click" and "two-finger scrolling."

Both of these features are enabled under system settings.

Could apt autoremove be responsible for this?

The situation here is the most similar, but none of the solutions worked for me.

Answer 1

The problem is in the kernel, use an older version, clicking "Esc" at system boot and going to "Advanced Options" and then select the previous kernel.

(Sorry, my English is still bad).