Touchpad not working on Debian 9












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I just installed Debian 9 on a Lenovo S130-14IGM but the touchpad doesn't work at all.

With Ubuntu there is no problem with it.



I tried everything I found on the Internet. I have no more ideas.

Here are the results from the two operating systems:



Ubuntu



# egrep -i 'syna|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
N: Name="SYNA3388:00 06CB:8459 Touchpad"
P: Phys=i2c-SYNA3388:00
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:17.0/i2c_designware.0/i2c-4/i2c-SYNA3388:00/0018:06CB:8459.0001/input/input17

# apt list xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Listing...
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/bionic 1.9.0-1ubuntu1 amd64

# dpkg -l | grep -i syna
ii xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-18.04 1.9.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.1 amd64 Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server

# xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ SYNA3388:00 06CB:8459 Touchpad id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ EasyCamera: EasyCamera id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]


Debian



# egrep -i 'syna|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
-

# apt list xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
En train de lister…
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/stable 1.9.0-1+b1 amd64


# dpkg -l | grep -i syna
ii synaptic 0.84.2 amd64 Graphical package manager

# xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [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)]
↳ EasyCamera id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]


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    I just installed Debian 9 on a Lenovo S130-14IGM but the touchpad doesn't work at all.

    With Ubuntu there is no problem with it.



    I tried everything I found on the Internet. I have no more ideas.

    Here are the results from the two operating systems:



    Ubuntu



    # egrep -i 'syna|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
    N: Name="SYNA3388:00 06CB:8459 Touchpad"
    P: Phys=i2c-SYNA3388:00
    S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:17.0/i2c_designware.0/i2c-4/i2c-SYNA3388:00/0018:06CB:8459.0001/input/input17

    # apt list xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
    Listing...
    xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/bionic 1.9.0-1ubuntu1 amd64

    # dpkg -l | grep -i syna
    ii xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-18.04 1.9.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.1 amd64 Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server

    # xinput
    ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
    ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
    ⎜ ↳ SYNA3388:00 06CB:8459 Touchpad id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
    ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ EasyCamera: EasyCamera id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]


    Debian



    # egrep -i 'syna|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
    -

    # apt list xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
    En train de lister…
    xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/stable 1.9.0-1+b1 amd64


    # dpkg -l | grep -i syna
    ii synaptic 0.84.2 amd64 Graphical package manager

    # xinput
    ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
    ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [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)]
    ↳ EasyCamera id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]


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      I just installed Debian 9 on a Lenovo S130-14IGM but the touchpad doesn't work at all.

      With Ubuntu there is no problem with it.



      I tried everything I found on the Internet. I have no more ideas.

      Here are the results from the two operating systems:



      Ubuntu



      # egrep -i 'syna|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
      N: Name="SYNA3388:00 06CB:8459 Touchpad"
      P: Phys=i2c-SYNA3388:00
      S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:17.0/i2c_designware.0/i2c-4/i2c-SYNA3388:00/0018:06CB:8459.0001/input/input17

      # apt list xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
      Listing...
      xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/bionic 1.9.0-1ubuntu1 amd64

      # dpkg -l | grep -i syna
      ii xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-18.04 1.9.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.1 amd64 Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server

      # xinput
      ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
      ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
      ⎜ ↳ SYNA3388:00 06CB:8459 Touchpad id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
      ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
      ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ EasyCamera: EasyCamera id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]


      Debian



      # egrep -i 'syna|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
      -

      # apt list xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
      En train de lister…
      xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/stable 1.9.0-1+b1 amd64


      # dpkg -l | grep -i syna
      ii synaptic 0.84.2 amd64 Graphical package manager

      # xinput
      ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
      ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [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)]
      ↳ EasyCamera id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]


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      I just installed Debian 9 on a Lenovo S130-14IGM but the touchpad doesn't work at all.

      With Ubuntu there is no problem with it.



      I tried everything I found on the Internet. I have no more ideas.

      Here are the results from the two operating systems:



      Ubuntu



      # egrep -i 'syna|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
      N: Name="SYNA3388:00 06CB:8459 Touchpad"
      P: Phys=i2c-SYNA3388:00
      S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:17.0/i2c_designware.0/i2c-4/i2c-SYNA3388:00/0018:06CB:8459.0001/input/input17

      # apt list xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
      Listing...
      xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/bionic 1.9.0-1ubuntu1 amd64

      # dpkg -l | grep -i syna
      ii xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-18.04 1.9.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.1 amd64 Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server

      # xinput
      ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
      ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
      ⎜ ↳ SYNA3388:00 06CB:8459 Touchpad id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
      ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
      ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ EasyCamera: EasyCamera id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]


      Debian



      # egrep -i 'syna|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
      -

      # apt list xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
      En train de lister…
      xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/stable 1.9.0-1+b1 amd64


      # dpkg -l | grep -i syna
      ii synaptic 0.84.2 amd64 Graphical package manager

      # xinput
      ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
      ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [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)]
      ↳ EasyCamera id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]


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          From the Debian wiki article:



          Debian 9 "Stretch"



          In most cases, make sure you have xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse installed, and not the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package.



          Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evdev for more info on evdev.



          Try apt removeing xserver-xorg-input-synaptics and installing the above packages.






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            # egrep -i 'syna|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
            N: Name="SYNA3388:00 06CB:8459 Touchpad"
            P: Phys=i2c-SYNA3388:00
            S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:17.0/i2c_designware.0/i2c-4/i2c-SYNA3388:00/0018:06CB:8459.0001/input/input17


            Your touchpad is not connected to the system via internal PS/2 or USB wiring, but using the I2C bus. This is a fairly new development, and Debian 9's standard kernel might be too old to support such touchpads very well. You might try with a backport kernel.



            See here for instructions in enabling the Debian Backports repository - basically, add this line to the /etc/apt/sources.list file:



            deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main


            Then you should be able to install a backport kernel with:



            apt-get -t stretch-backports install linux-image-4.19.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 linux-image-amd64


            After a reboot, you might then have better luck with your touchpad.






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              From the Debian wiki article:



              Debian 9 "Stretch"



              In most cases, make sure you have xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse installed, and not the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package.



              Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evdev for more info on evdev.



              Try apt removeing xserver-xorg-input-synaptics and installing the above packages.






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                From the Debian wiki article:



                Debian 9 "Stretch"



                In most cases, make sure you have xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse installed, and not the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package.



                Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evdev for more info on evdev.



                Try apt removeing xserver-xorg-input-synaptics and installing the above packages.






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                  From the Debian wiki article:



                  Debian 9 "Stretch"



                  In most cases, make sure you have xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse installed, and not the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package.



                  Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evdev for more info on evdev.



                  Try apt removeing xserver-xorg-input-synaptics and installing the above packages.






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                  From the Debian wiki article:



                  Debian 9 "Stretch"



                  In most cases, make sure you have xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse installed, and not the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package.



                  Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evdev for more info on evdev.



                  Try apt removeing xserver-xorg-input-synaptics and installing the above packages.







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                      # egrep -i 'syna|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
                      N: Name="SYNA3388:00 06CB:8459 Touchpad"
                      P: Phys=i2c-SYNA3388:00
                      S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:17.0/i2c_designware.0/i2c-4/i2c-SYNA3388:00/0018:06CB:8459.0001/input/input17


                      Your touchpad is not connected to the system via internal PS/2 or USB wiring, but using the I2C bus. This is a fairly new development, and Debian 9's standard kernel might be too old to support such touchpads very well. You might try with a backport kernel.



                      See here for instructions in enabling the Debian Backports repository - basically, add this line to the /etc/apt/sources.list file:



                      deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main


                      Then you should be able to install a backport kernel with:



                      apt-get -t stretch-backports install linux-image-4.19.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 linux-image-amd64


                      After a reboot, you might then have better luck with your touchpad.






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                        # egrep -i 'syna|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
                        N: Name="SYNA3388:00 06CB:8459 Touchpad"
                        P: Phys=i2c-SYNA3388:00
                        S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:17.0/i2c_designware.0/i2c-4/i2c-SYNA3388:00/0018:06CB:8459.0001/input/input17


                        Your touchpad is not connected to the system via internal PS/2 or USB wiring, but using the I2C bus. This is a fairly new development, and Debian 9's standard kernel might be too old to support such touchpads very well. You might try with a backport kernel.



                        See here for instructions in enabling the Debian Backports repository - basically, add this line to the /etc/apt/sources.list file:



                        deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main


                        Then you should be able to install a backport kernel with:



                        apt-get -t stretch-backports install linux-image-4.19.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 linux-image-amd64


                        After a reboot, you might then have better luck with your touchpad.






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                          # egrep -i 'syna|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
                          N: Name="SYNA3388:00 06CB:8459 Touchpad"
                          P: Phys=i2c-SYNA3388:00
                          S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:17.0/i2c_designware.0/i2c-4/i2c-SYNA3388:00/0018:06CB:8459.0001/input/input17


                          Your touchpad is not connected to the system via internal PS/2 or USB wiring, but using the I2C bus. This is a fairly new development, and Debian 9's standard kernel might be too old to support such touchpads very well. You might try with a backport kernel.



                          See here for instructions in enabling the Debian Backports repository - basically, add this line to the /etc/apt/sources.list file:



                          deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main


                          Then you should be able to install a backport kernel with:



                          apt-get -t stretch-backports install linux-image-4.19.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 linux-image-amd64


                          After a reboot, you might then have better luck with your touchpad.






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                          # egrep -i 'syna|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
                          N: Name="SYNA3388:00 06CB:8459 Touchpad"
                          P: Phys=i2c-SYNA3388:00
                          S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:17.0/i2c_designware.0/i2c-4/i2c-SYNA3388:00/0018:06CB:8459.0001/input/input17


                          Your touchpad is not connected to the system via internal PS/2 or USB wiring, but using the I2C bus. This is a fairly new development, and Debian 9's standard kernel might be too old to support such touchpads very well. You might try with a backport kernel.



                          See here for instructions in enabling the Debian Backports repository - basically, add this line to the /etc/apt/sources.list file:



                          deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main


                          Then you should be able to install a backport kernel with:



                          apt-get -t stretch-backports install linux-image-4.19.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 linux-image-amd64


                          After a reboot, you might then have better luck with your touchpad.







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