Issue with tracking or touchpad functionality on an old Fujitsu system using Synaptics TouchPad in Linux environment.
Issue with tracking or touchpad functionality on an old Fujitsu system using Synaptics TouchPad in Linux environment.
Hi! I just set up Pop OS on my old laptop a few hours ago. It’s a Fujitsu LifeBook S935 with an Intel i5 5300U, 2.1 GHz, 2 cores, 4 threads, and about 8GB RAM, made around 2015. The issue is that even though I have the newest drivers, the OS doesn’t recognize the hardware. I can see it in the settings menu via a GUI, but it’s the same problem with Zorin Linux and LXLE Linux (both Ubuntu-based). I’ve checked every forum and tried everything. I’ve given up after a lot of attempts, but I’m planning to test Linux Mint on Debian next time. Let me know if anyone has suggestions! Goodbye!
Does the Windows driver affect the Synaptics driver? For clarity, I’m not using dual boot and have just installed a new SSD. After some research, it appears the issue started with Ubuntu 20.04 (and similar versions), so I’ll try the latest LTS release (19.3). If it works there, I’ll proceed and hope the problem is resolved. Don’t attempt fixes for things that aren’t broken.
The issue appeared difficult to resolve in Pop OS, so I switched to Elementary OS. The solution involved editing /etc/default and adjusting a line in the grub configuration as a guide from post #2 on this forum thread. By opening the grub folder with root privileges and changing GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT to include the specified values, I fixed the problem. After saving and applying the changes with sudo update-grub, the trackpad functioned properly. Pop OS didn’t support grub, which prevented the fix there. Elementary OS had its own challenges, but I managed it myself—especially with Snap’s installation process!