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Touchpad stop working Dell xps Ubuntu 16.04

Asked by Henry Folorunsho

I installed gnome 3.20. on my cell xps laptop really messed my laptop. I have uninstalled it and purge it. But my touchpad stopped working on my laptop in Cairo dock 16.04

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

sudo dmidecode -t 1

Thanks

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Henry Folorunsho (henryxav) said : 		#2

# dmidecode 3.0
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.5 present.

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: Studio XPS 1640
 Version: A073
 Serial Number: 28P97K1
 UUID: 44454C4C-3800-1050-8039-B2C04F374B31
 Wake-up Type: Power Switch
 SKU Number: Not Specified
 Family: Not Specified

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

If you run:

sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse

Is it OK?

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Henry Folorunsho (henryxav) said : 		#4

Its working but if you press ENTER with the touch pad no response

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#5

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