See: for how to add a parameter to the kernel commandline. Sounds good? Try booting with 'psmouse.proto=bare' on the kernel cmdline. In the mean time, I can provide a workaround which should make the touchpad work in ps/2 mouse emulation mode (so no 2 finger scrolling, etc.), and stop it from interfering with an external mouse. Hans de Goede (j-w-r-degoede) () wrote on :įixing this is non trivial, supporting these new touchpads likely needs a signicant amount of work (for details see ). Your ASUS and i8042 chipset have a lot of dissussion at : I had a similar event happen installing a different linux on a Toshiba Satellite so I used a mouse for a while and before I could figure out what went wrong, the touchpad was working again You could install pastebinit and upload a couple files that might helpĪnd just copy/paste the URL's from the last two commands in your next post.

Im using an external gaming mouse right now as a derivative.

Take a look at my Xinput List (Kubuntu 14.04) It just seems like even though the Synaptics is installed it won't enable or something. Should I follow through or is it different? The easiest way I've found to trick the installer is to leave your external mouse unplugged during an install, thereby forcing the installer to choose the trackpad as the only pointing device.Well, I've installed Kubuntu now, and the problem still persists.

In your case, the LiveCD correctly detected a Synaptics touchpad, but the installer was unaware of that. As a result, the installer only installs packages that will provide basic functionality upon reboot. The issue here is, that once the hardware is detected, the results aren't passed to the distribution's installer script or program. Many Live CD's use automated hardware detection to ensure that the distribution's LiveCD will work on as many devices as possible. Readers need to make sure the touchpad was detected. If Ubuntu returns that this driver is already installed, read the SynapticsTouchpad Ubuntu Community Documentation, specifically the Troubleshooting Section. Readers can now issue a: sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics followed by a reboot. Synaptics is all we needed from the entry to determine the correct driver. A Google for 'lenovo g500 touchpad linux' returned the Laptops and Netbooks Support Page for Lenovo G500, Setting the Component Dropdown to Mouse & Keyboard yields the following:

Synaptics touchpad driver ubuntu 14.04