[SOLVED] Dell Latitude D830 touchpad stopped working in KDE

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[SOLVED] Dell Latitude D830 touchpad stopped working in KDE

Postby marctwayne » Jul 1st, '13, 17:31

I managed to disable my touchpad in KDE. I was trying the Fn key combinations to see what worked. Well Fn+left arrow which should be auto brightness popped a little message on my screen saying something about disabling touchpad, and it sure seems to have done just that. Pressing Fn+left arrow seems to do nothing now. The touchpad does work at the login screen and in LXDE. It does not appear to be disabled in system settings. I'm at a bit of a loss, I don't know where else to look. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
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Re: Dell Latitude D830 touchpad stopped working in KDE

Postby wintpe » Jul 1st, '13, 23:29

this is a stab in the dark

open a console, and type

synclient TouchpadOff=0

if that has not worked just run synclient

and see what options it presents the answer may be there.

also maybe of help

try
su -
rootpassword
modprobe -r psmouse
modprobe psmouse

regards peter
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Re: Dell Latitude D830 touchpad stopped working in KDE

Postby marctwayne » Jul 12th, '13, 17:48

That didn't change anything. I had tried to making a new user just to test. The touchpad works in KDE there. So the only place it doesn't work is my main user and in KDE. So it would seem to be something in my KDE settings/configuration.

Thanks!
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Re: Dell Latitude D830 touchpad stopped working in KDE

Postby preugen » Nov 12th, '13, 22:12

I've got the same symptoms on Dell D430. I've typed a bit lazy at evening...

I just found following file:

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     .kde4/share/config/ktouchpadenablerrc


There I changed to

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      [general]
      touchpadEnabled=true


After restarting session the touchpad is working again.

PS: kcm_touchpad via "inputdevices" has not shown any sign of disabled device.

With regards, Juergen
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Re: Dell Latitude D830 touchpad stopped working in KDE

Postby marctwayne » Nov 13th, '13, 01:41

That worked thanks.
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