Note: You can also try installing the 'evdev' driver (provided by the xserver-xorg-input-evdev).ĮDIT: Don't know about the Dell XPS but some devices have a FUNCTION KEY on the keyboard to enable and disable the touchpad. To go back to using 'libinput', simply remove the 'synaptics' driver: To switch to the 'synaptics' driver, install it with the command:

When both drivers are installed, 'synaptics' takes priority. Grep -i 'Using input driver' /var/log/Xorg.0.log To know which driver is used by your input devices, run the following command: If you experience problems with it, you can switch to another driver called 'synaptics' (provided by the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package). The default touchpad driver in this edition is 'libinput' (provided by the xserver-xorg-input-libinput package). Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 960 EVO 500GB

Vendor: Bigfoot Networks driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: f040ĭevice-2: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-3:3 OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8ĭevice-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dellĭriver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3ĭevice-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 400/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800ĭevice-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernelĭisplay: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa

Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-7200U bits: 64 type: MT MCPĪrch: Amber Lake rev: 9 L2 cache: 3072 KiBįlags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx Mobo: Dell model: 05HM5Y v: A00 serial: UEFI: Dell v: 2.10.0 Type: Laptop System: Dell product: v: N/A serial: Kernel: 5.4.0-58-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0ĭesktop: Cinnamon 4.6.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana I hope it's ok that I highjack this thread because I have the exact problem. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=' ivrs_ioapic=00:14.0 quiet splash'ġ) Remove the extra parameter, and run sudo update-grub again to restore things to what they were before.Ģ) Post inxi -Fxz for people to know what they're dealing with.

Dell trackpad not working