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potassium

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Registered: 2024-12-19

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Touch pad being detected but not working

This issue started after I plugged in a new external mouse and rebooted (I'm assuming this is what caused it, I believe plugging in the external mouse deactivated something important?), after the reboot my touch pad 'completely' stopped working and now will only work when charging.
I haven't completely ruled out a hardware issue yet but I would prefer to try some other methods before doing a clean install.
The touch pad is being detected here :

libinput debug-events
-event2   DEVICE_ADDED                Power Button                      seat0 default group1  cap:k
-event4   DEVICE_ADDED                Video Bus                         seat0 default group2  cap:k
-event0   DEVICE_ADDED                Lid Switch                        seat0 default group3  cap:S
-event1   DEVICE_ADDED                Power Button                      seat0 default group4  cap:k
-event23  DEVICE_ADDED                Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) seat0 default group5  cap:p left scroll-nat scroll-button
-event12  DEVICE_ADDED                ELAN9008:00 04F3:4213             seat0 default group6  cap:t  size 300x184mm ntouches 10 calib
-event15  DEVICE_ADDED                ELAN9008:00 04F3:4213 Stylus      seat0 default group6  cap:T  size 300x190mm left calib
-event9   DEVICE_ADDED                ASUP1415:00 093A:300C Mouse       seat0 default group7  cap:p left scroll-nat scroll-button
-event10  DEVICE_ADDED                ASUP1415:00 093A:300C Touchpad    seat0 default group7  cap:pg  size 129x72mm tap(dl off) left scroll-nat scroll-2fg-edge click-buttonareas-clickfinger dwt-on dwtp-on
-event11  DEVICE_ADDED                ASUP1415:00 093A:300C Keyboard    seat0 default group7  cap:k
-event5   DEVICE_ADDED                Intel HID events                  seat0 default group8  cap:k
-event6   DEVICE_ADDED                Intel HID 5 button array          seat0 default group9  cap:k
-event8   DEVICE_ADDED                Asus WMI hotkeys                  seat0 default group10 cap:k
-event3   DEVICE_ADDED                AT Translated Set 2 keyboard      seat0 default group11 cap:k

As well as registering some movement here :

 libinput debug-events /dev/input/event10
-event10  DEVICE_ADDED                ASUP1415:00 093A:300C Touchpad    seat0 default group1  cap:pg  size 129x72mm tap(dl off) left scroll-nat scroll-2fg-edge click-buttonareas-clickfinger dwt-on dwtp-on
 event10  POINTER_MOTION              +2.241s	 4.83/ -0.91 (+16.00/ -3.00)
 event10  POINTER_SCROLL_FINGER       +4.188s	vert -12.39/0.0* horiz 0.00/0.0 (finger)
 event10  POINTER_SCROLL_FINGER     2 +4.195s	vert -12.90/0.0* horiz 0.00/0.0 (finger)
 event10  POINTER_SCROLL_FINGER     3 +4.302s	vert 0.00/0.0* horiz 0.00/0.0* (finger)
 event10  POINTER_MOTION              +4.462s	-1.36/  5.09 ( -4.00/+15.00)
 event10  POINTER_MOTION            2 +4.469s	-1.36/  7.13 ( -4.00/+21.00)
 event10  POINTER_MOTION            3 +4.476s	-1.71/ 10.58 ( -5.00/+31.00)
 event10  POINTER_MOTION            4 +4.483s	-0.68/  5.12 ( -2.00/+15.00)
 event10  POINTER_MOTION            5 +5.217s	 0.00/ -0.66 ( +0.00/ -2.00)
 event10  POINTER_MOTION            6 +5.225s	-0.31/ -0.31 ( -1.00/ -1.00)
 event10  POINTER_MOTION            7 +5.369s	 2.04/  3.39 ( +6.00/+10.00)

I've already tried updating drivers, turning the touch pad on and off, messing with bios, and installing almost all the packages I could find that could work.
I'm fairly new to Linux in general so I'm likely missing something. Any input will be helpful, thank you!

Last edited by potassium (2025-01-02 03:11:44)