Debian not recognize Touchpad

[epicteto]

Hi

I have installed Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 (jessie) on a laptop Packard Bell EasyNote ENTF71BM

I can't configure the Touchpad because debian doesn't recognize it. I've installed without problems xserver-xorg-input-synaptics; but with "synclient -l":

Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?

With "xinput":

⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ MOSART Semi. 2.4G Keyboard Mouse id=11 [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)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ MOSART Semi. 2.4G Keyboard Mouse id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ VGA Webcam id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Acer WMI hotkeys

No touchpad.

In other partition I have W7 and there the touchpad works well, no problem

¿Any idea?

Thanks in advance

[phenest]

What DE are you using? Gnome? If so, Gnome doesn't use the synaptics driver.

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apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-libinput

You may have to remove synaptics.

[epicteto]

Lxde

[phenest]

Lxde

I think a lot of DE's support libinput now, e.g. Gnome,, KDE, XFCE, LXDE, etc.

Try my suggestion anyway.

[epicteto]

Hi phenest

Jessie haven't package xserver-xorg-input-libinput

I upgrade to testing and install that package. Unistall synaptics, but:

egrep -i 'synap|alps|etps' /proc/bus/input/devices...

Nothing !!!

dmesg | grep -i touch ...

Nothing !!!

"Xinput" nothing change

"Lsmod" doesn't show libinput module

¿?

[phenest]

Do you have the mouse turned on? I have a Dell laptop and I can turn the touchpad on/off with Fn+F3.

[epicteto]

Yes

[stni]

I have the same problem. The command "synclient -l" return:

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bruno@debian:~$ synclient -l
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?

And the command "xinput" returned:

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bruno@debian:~$ xinput
bash: xinput: command not found

I use Gnome, and when I try "apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-libinput", return:

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lang@debian:~$ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-libinput
Lendo listas de pacotes... Pronto
Construindo árvore de dependências       
Lendo informação de estado... Pronto
E: Impossible found the package xserver-xorg-input-libinput
lang@debian:~$ 

What can I do?

[stevepusser]

I've seen newer kernel versions automagically get some alps touchpads working. This page http://www.notebookcheck.net/Packard-Be ... 595.0.html also says you have Bay Trail graphics, so you may not have full hardware acceleration, which also can be cured by a new kernel and Intel video driver from jessie-backports. You can check your current situation by installing inxi and posting the terminal output of

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inxi -F

here in a code box. Gallium and llvmpipe in the graphics output mean poor acceleration.