Download Latest Synaptics Touchpad Driver
Jeri Findley
Synaptics' TouchPad device drivers are customized and supported by notebook manufacturers to meet specific driver requirements for their individual products. To ensure the appropriate driver for your device, always use the driver your specific notebook OEM supports.
Synaptics has a rich heritage in capacitive touch sensing, dating back to 1995 and our launch of the first notebook PC TouchPad. Today touchpads are ubiquitous, and we continue to innovate and advance technologies that strive to perfect the user experience.
The Synaptics TouchPad Driver download is software that lets the touchpad communicate with the firmware so that the motion on the pad translates into movement of the cursor. To get your Synaptics TouchPad working, you need to download this driver and adjust the settings as per your requirements. The software also lets you change the cursor size and sensitivity.
While Synaptics TouchPad drivers come pre-installed, sometimes these drivers get corrupted or are mistakenly deleted. Once you download Synaptics TouchPad Driver, your computer receives all of the latest updates needed to keep the touchpad working at an optimal level. Moreover, installing the driver also gives you access to the control panel and various additional settings.
To run and operate the Synaptics TouchPad, you should have the correct driver installed on your device. While the driver is pre-installed by default, sometimes it gets corrupted. When that happens, either the touchpad stops working properly or stops working altogether. In such a situation, you'll have to delete the existing Synaptics TouchPad Driver, download the latest version and enable it using the installation setup instructions.
So, if I remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf completely (and even also leave the touchpad stuff commented out in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf) then I still get a working touchpad and no errors in the Xorg.0.log
If I disable the touchpad part of 10-evdev.conf so that the only reference to touchpad configuration is 10-synaptics.conf, there are *still* two attempts to load the synaptic driver, but I'm wondering if the second failed effort is even related to the touchpad.
I fear you've misread. The touchpad works, it's evdev that's loading it's own configuration for synaptics as well as the user defined configuration in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf. The module is being load twice when xorg starts. This causes errors in Xorg.log.0, since the driver can't be loaded twice for the same device.
i asked because if the touchpad works, but the problem is that certain functions are missing, it's possible that all that is needed is the addition of certain lines. in my case, it was the emulate option.
The touchpad works, it's evdev that's loading it's own configuration for synaptics as well as the user defined configuration in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf. The module is being load twice when xorg starts. This causes errors in Xorg.log.0, since the driver can't be loaded twice for the same device.
it's true that the options in 10-synaptics.conf are being parsed, but then the modules get unloaded. adding the matchdevicepath line may prevent the multiple loading problem. at least it did on my system.
I have HP 4530s having same issue. When i try for startx It shows same error: I tried to write this configuration on /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf but didnt find this file on my OS. My OS is Oracle Linux 5.5 64bit.
On Ubuntu 14.04 I just set vertical and horizontal hysteresis and high and low finger pressure to make touchpad feel smooth and nice. When I installed 18.04 I found that I can't adjust my touchpad any more (except a few options that are not too helpful in my case).
The synaptics config file can be copied to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and given a higher number than the /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d synaptics.conf default. Then the synaptics touchpad driver overrides the libinput touchpad driver by having a higher priority.
I ran into problem after installing synaptics touchpad in ubuntu 18.04. My keyboard stopped working. So, I booted into the system (keyboard was working on login screen), mouse was working properly so I opened my mails from the history (I saved the commands in the mails using my mobile), I copied the following commands with enter (empty line after the commands):
The problem is not necessarily the missing Synaptics drivers, it is more the fact that the libinput driver settings are purposefully left generic so that the user or hardware OEM can adjust them as desired.
Rather than simply uninstalling libinput and installing Synaptics, you can still add Synaptics but to keep everything working you need to provide an "override" by removing/updating references to libinput specifically in relation to your touchpad ONLY and adding in a rule for Synaptics.
This article by Dell has a good start on how to potentially fix the issue (and doesn't necessarily only apply to their systems or their touchpads), -xps-ubuntu-general-touchpad-mouse-issue-fix?lang=en
I am using lubuntu Release 20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa) with 64-bit Kernel Linux 5.8.0-63-generic x86_64. My laptop is Dell inspiron i5 3567 I have been using it since a year and was working well, but today I opened my laptop and noticed while on terminal that my up arrow key has been continuously pressed I have never faced such implication, so in a hurry I powered it off and opened laptop's back lid and removed the keyboard and cleaned it (there was too much dirt) after fixing all the screws I booted it again and still the problem was not solved reinstalling the driver which was libinput by default using the command
I experienced a similar issue after trying to solve it for a month, I finally found the workaround: simply remove all libinput (except for libinput-bin and libinput10:amd64) and synaptics related packages and install evdev using the following command:
Note that this obviously did not install synaptics as the title requires. And this solution may break your touchpad (have not fully tested it), but it works extremely well with touchpoint. Hope it helps (as all above solutions didn't actually solve my problem).
The Synaptics device driver is customized to meet the specific requirements of your device manufacturer. To ensure that you get the appropriate device driver for your system, download your Synaptics device driver from your system manufacturer's support website.
Important: Installing a generic driver may result in the loss of OEM-customized Synaptics pointing device functionality. Setting a restore point before installing is a quick way to rollback to the previous driver.
Synaptics wasn't able to update the touchpad drivers to work with the new Windows again, so some people can't even scroll using their touchpad and the cursor is stuttering over the screen. Luckily, after days of searching the web and testing ideas I finally found an extremely easy way to make my (and hopefully your) touchpad work better than ever, with gestures and even smooth scrolling.
Now that one could differ now. I have got two entries here: PS/2 Compatible Mouse and Razer Mamba. The Razer Mamba is my external mouse so I knew PS/2 Compatible Mouse had to be my touchpad. Maybe your's will have another name. Anyways, just double click on the touchpad.
Almost done! Select Synaptics from the left picker and then choose a driver from the right list. In the device manager my touchpad was called PS/2 Compatible Mouse, so I decided to try the Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad (which actually was a pretty good guess). You may want to try this with other drivers.
Finally you just need to select close, and close the device window. Windows will now prompt you to restart your computer, and your touchpad will finally work! (You can even slide up the lockscreen with two fingers, isn't that awesome? c: )
Tip: If you want to customize your touchpad (e.g. invert the y-axis for more natural scrolling or change the smoothness), you may do so by going into Settings > Devices > Mouse & Touchpad > Additional mouse options > TouchPad > Settings...
My Synaptics touchpad driver disappeared. Which is a pain, because I like the ability to toggle between the mouse and touchpad, but even better I like the feature of turning off the touchpad when a mouse connection is detected. So now I have a piece of paper taped over the touchpad because HP's fancy touchpad design, didn't include a hardware button to turn it off. Note that the double tap doesn't turn it off either (how could it, with the driver missing?).
Initially a major Win10 update overwrote my Synaptics TP driver. I was able to rollback the driver update, and Synaptics driver reappeared. Next Win10 update same thing. This time when I tried to rollback the update the driver just disappeared. Now, I have no touchpad driver, not even the default MS driver. From my Device Manager:
Well that is weird, because there is no driver installed per Device Manager. So I went to Add/Remove and found the "Synaptics Clickpad Driver Driver", and tried to uninstall, and received this error message:
I went through all the recommended steps, did the latest recommended Windows update. Checked Troubleshooting and updated the BIOS. I reviewed all the Yellow messages, which really were suggested HP features. But went through them all. Tried the Virtual Support assistant which didn't help, as it assumed the Synaptics driver was installed. Did the system test for the Mouse/Touchpad, but that is just a drag & drop test, which works fine, and is not the issue I am having. So after going through all this, I still don't have the right driver installed for my touchpad. (Setting/Devices/Touchpad/Additional Settings). I've been to Touchpad Troubleshooting, and I cannot install a new driver as recommended, because a corrupted driver is still there.
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