I have a Toshiba Satellite T130-10G laptop and I can't get my touchpad to work in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (I have tried also 12.10 and did not work either).
In the same laptop I have Windows 7 installed and the touchpad works 100% so I know it isn't hardware failure.
I've also already installed 2 different softwares to check if touchpad is enabled, and it is on both (I don't recall the names but I found them in similar problems here).
If I go to System Settings and select Mouse and Touchpad I have both tabs there.
Also, if I plug an USB mouse it works 100% but the touchpad remains dead…
I do have a FN+F9 shortcut to enable/disable touchpad in Windows 7 (which works correctly) but does nothing in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
Please help me… I don't know what else to do…
Best Answer
Had problem with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Toshiba Satellite L50 B. Lost 2 days and accidentally found a solution.
Reinstalling OS(Ubuntu) does not help !!!
Problem cause:
When I go to normal mode and press Fn+F5, touchpad remains disabled !!!!
So a fix is:
Press Fn+F4 - go to sleep mode
Press Fn+F5 - enable touchpad
Press Power button - go to normal mode
Good luck!