Ubuntu 16.04 touchpad not working

**mörgæs** · October 10th, 2016

You could try a live boot of 16.10 (daily build of the development version) for comparison.

**serguitus** · November 3rd, 2016

Hi there,
I'm also having this issue with a brand new kubuntu 16.04. The touchpad of my Asus k501UW is working just as a regular mouse but no multitouch. I tried to ```apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics``` and it told me that it was already installed. accessing system settings -> input devices -> touchpad and I get a message saying "Synaptics backend not found"
any suggestions?
Thanks in advance

**serguitus** · November 3rd, 2016

Hi there,
I'm also having this issue with a brand new kubuntu 16.04. The touchpad of my Asus k501UW is working just as a regular mouse but no multitouch. I tried to ```apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics``` and it told me that it was already installed. accessing system settings -> input devices -> touchpad and I get a message saying "Synaptics backend not found"
any suggestions?
Thanks in advance

**serguitus** · November 9th, 2016

I think this is the actual "state of the art" with this on Asus laptops and it should be referenced for others to follow
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120181

**Leon A** · December 5th, 2016

Here is something that fixed touchpad issues for me on some HP Stream laptops with Lubuntu 14, 15, and 16 versions.
1. create a new directory in /etc/X11/ called xorg.conf.d

Code:

  sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

2. Copy the Synatptics config file from /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d to the new directory -file will probably start with 20- or 50 -synaptics.conf

Code:

   sudo cp 50-synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf

3. Now go to the new directory and Edit the file to add two lines in the first "Input Class" section

Code:

   cd /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
             sudo nano 50-synaptics.conf

under the line saying "MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event" in the first "InputClass" section, insert these two lines:

Code:

    # Enable ClickPad to fix drag/drop on some laptop models
     Option    "ClickPad"   "1"

4. Save and Exit editor
Ctrl+O Enter to confirm Ctrl+X
5. Reboot

Now your Touchpad should support dragging and dropping

**tiagocariolano** · July 14th, 2017

Hello,

I think it's possible to be a simple configuration problem. I had same problem with touchpad scroll on ubuntu 16.04 and Acer Aspire 5750 and I solved problem with "System Settings" -> "Mouse & Touchpad" and unchecked "Two finger scroll". Hope to helped.