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Touchpad not working after installation of Ubuntu 15.10 on the DELL vostro 3558

Asked by enstine

After fresh installation of Ubuntu 15.10 on the DELL Vostro 3558, my touchpad stopped working. But the external mouse works fine.
Before the fresh installation of Ubuntu 15.10, I had Ubuntu 14.04,in that my touchpad was working fine. So please help me to fix this problem.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

There is no Ubuntu 14.01

There is Ubuntu 14.10 which is EOL (end of life) and there is Ubuntu 14.04 which is LTS and supported til April 2019.

Is there a shortcut to disabe / enable touchpad on the system. If there is, please press it.

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enstine (anstondsouza13) said : 		#2

Sorry it's 14.04 . I have enabled the touchpad, But its not working

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Try the boot option:

i8024.reset

May help. If not, try:

i8024.nomux=1

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enstine (anstondsouza13) said : 		#4

It would be helpful if you can provide me the procedure for doing that.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

run:

gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Change:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

to:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i8024.reset"

Save the new file, close gedit and run:

sudo update-grub

then reboot to test. If this is no good then rerun:

gksudo gedit

gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Change:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i8024.reset"

to:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i8024.nomux=1"

Save the new file, close gedit and run:

sudo update-grub

reboot to test.

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enstine (anstondsouza13) said : 		#6

I tried it, but it's not working

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hduekw fewofv (jaiw84) said : 		#7

Its the same issue with my device touch pale after installing the latest version of ubuntu you can see here https://proremovalsrotherham.co.uk/ some details about my issue.

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