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Mythreya

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Registered: 2014-12-24

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[Solved] Synaptics driver not loaded

Recently im getting
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?
when I run synclient
Touchpad still works but the synaptics driver is apparently not loaded. I have xf86-input-synaptics installed.
I can't figure out how to load the synaptics driver.

Last edited by Mythreya (2015-03-10 12:45:34)

nullified

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From: Massachusetts, USA

Registered: 2013-12-09

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Re: [Solved] Synaptics driver not loaded

What kind of computer do you have? How did you install it? What have you tried so far to troubleshoot, if anything?

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Mythreya

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Registered: 2014-12-24

Posts: 10

Re: [Solved] Synaptics driver not loaded

This started after an update about a week ago. It was working perfectly fine with no effort before. I have an elantech touchpad.
$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad                  id=17   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                         id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                                 id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                                 id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=9    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button                              id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ ASUS USB2.0 Webcam                        id=14   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Asus WMI hotkeys                          id=15   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=16   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳   USB Keyboard                            id=11   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳   USB Keyboard
I've mostly found ubuntu forums with the issue, they all linked to the debian wiki on synaptics which didn't help much. Even the allmighty archwiki had no troubleshooting instructions for synaptics.

Last edited by Mythreya (2015-03-06 18:12:37)

Mythreya

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Registered: 2014-12-24

Posts: 10

Re: [Solved] Synaptics driver not loaded

After a bit of experimentation I figured it out on my own, libsynaptics needed to be installed.