Ubuntu – Ubuntu 12.04 LTS – Toshiba touchpad not working

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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:

  • First I pressed Fn+F4 - go to sleep mode.
  • After that I accidentaly pressed Fn+F5 - disable touchpad, can happen easily because F4 and F5 are next to each other (thanks Toshiba :))

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!

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