I have been using ubuntu 22.10 for months with no problems but today after a restart the touchpad no longer works!
Touchpad is not present in the "touchpad and mouse" settings page and running sudo lspci | grep synaptics returns nothing!
Any ideas on what I can do (other than a fresh install of ubuntu)?
update #1:
I rolled back to an older kernel version but it had no effect on the problem.
update #2: my machine has dual boot setup, on windows touchpad works.
partial solution: found the solution with these commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt dist-upgrade
no idea why this worked! also, the touchpad works but none of the gestures work including two-finger scrolling!
system info:
.-/+oossssoo+/-. hasan@hasan-ThinkPad-E14-Gen-4
`:+ssssssssssssssssss+:` ------------------------------
-+ssssssssssssssssssyyssss+- OS: Ubuntu 22.10 x86_64
.ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso. Host: 21E30086TX ThinkPad E14 Gen 4
/ssssssssssshdmmNNmmyNMMMMhssssss/ Kernel: 5.19.0-43-generic
+ssssssssshmydMMMMMMMNddddyssssssss+ Uptime: 12 mins
/sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhmNMMMNhssssssss/ Packages: 2000 (dpkg), 44 (brew), 20
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss. Shell: zsh 5.9
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+ Resolution: 1920x1080
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso DE: GNOME 43.1
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso WM: Mutter
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+ WM Theme: Adwaita
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss. Theme: Yaru-red-dark [GTK2/3]
/sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhdNMMMNhssssssss/ Icons: Yaru-red-dark [GTK2/3]
+sssssssssdmydMMMMMMMMddddyssssssss+ Terminal: gnome-terminal
/ssssssssssshdmNNNNmyNMMMMhssssss/ CPU: 12th Gen Intel i5-1235U (12) @
.ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso. GPU: Intel Alder Lake-UP3 GT2 [Iris
-+sssssssssssssssssyyyssss+- Memory: 3944MiB / 15676MiB
❯ xinput list
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ xwayland-pointer:14 id=6 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ xwayland-relative-pointer:14 id=7 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ xwayland-pointer-gestures:14 id=8 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ xwayland-keyboard:14 id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
