The touchpad on my laptop seems to be detected by the system and it's shown in xinput list as   Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]and xinput --list-props 4 says it's enabled and in dconf editor the property touchpad-enbled is true, but the touchpad and it's buttons simply don't do anything.The module$ lsmod|grep mousepsmouse               126976  0   <-Is this 0 of significance? appears to be controlling the touchpad and it has this $ modinfo psmousefilename:       /lib/modules/4.4.0-45-generic/kernel/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.kolicense:        GPLdescription:    PS/2 mouse driverauthor:         Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>srcversion:     2515E1BF42155D893EEF597alias:          serio:ty05pr*id*ex*alias:          serio:ty01pr*id*ex*depends:        intree:         Yvermagic:       4.4.0-45-generic SMP mod_unload modversions parm:           proto:Highest protocol extension to probe (bare, imps, exps, any). Useful for KVM switches. (proto_abbrev)parm:           resolution:Resolution, in dpi. (uint)parm:           rate:Report rate, in reports per second. (uint)parm:           smartscroll:Logitech Smartscroll autorepeat, 1 = enabled (default), 0 = disabled. (bool)parm:           resetafter:Reset device after so many bad packets (0 = never). (uint)parm:           resync_time:How long can mouse stay idle before forcing resync (in seconds, 0 = never). (uint)
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