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Touchpad not working and not detected when I run 'xinput list', on Ubuntu 20.04

I was typing a text when my touchpad stopped working. After surfing on the web to try to fix the error, I ran xinput list and here is the output : ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [...
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synaptics touchpad in linux can single tap twice to drag, but not double tap twice

I'm using Arch Linux with i3 window manager. I have tap-to-click and also tap-to-drag enabled in xinput, so currently if tap twice with one finger, it successfully drags. Additionally, tapping once ...
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Disable touchpad in Linux

I want to disable permanently my touchpad when my Debian-based Linux boots up. Every time it boots up, I disable it with xinput —disable #. # Being the ID of the touchpad in xinput command. I disable ...
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Disable mouse when keyboard key is pressed in linux

I've given up trying to get my touchpad registered correctly. It wants to be an imps/2 device, and I can't spend any more afternoons trying to convince it otherwise (in fairness, it does quite well as ...
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