Hi,
I’m quite new to Ubuntu Mate and have ran into an issue which I think may relate to all flavours of Ubuntu, at least for my laptop (Packard Bell Easynote)
I installed Ubuntu Mate 16.04 on a spare laptop. The touchpad is not working. When I check it doesn’t appear to be recognised. I tested an earlier version of Mate with the same results and also other flavours of Ubuntu based on the 14.04 release.
I tried
-sudo apt-get upgrade
-sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
-sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synoptics
This didn’t help unfortunately. I also attempted to reset the touchpad drivers using the below with no effect.
sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps
I happened to have a usb stick containing Cloud Ready, Neverwares Chromium OS and when testing in a live session, the touchpad works without issue.
Any idea/help would be appreciated!
Cheers!