On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 01:23:16PM +0000, g4sra via Dng wrote:
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> > Perhaps someone has a hint on resetting the device, if you'd reveal its make and model?
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> Laptop make is mostly irrelevant as the hardware is self-contained as manufactured by Synaptics. I believe the communication is SMBus in this instance, I know of no way to interrogate the touchpad itself other than by what is reported using Synaptics drivers for Windows.

Doesn't the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package do that and more?

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