# Ubuntu 24.04 - no touchpad in settings? **URL:** \ **Category:** Linux\ **Tags:** ubuntu\ **Created:** [April 28, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967 "2024-04-28T21:30:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![egsavage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/egsavage/32/16306_2.png) [@egsavage](https://community.frame.work/u/egsavage)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967/1 "2024-04-28T21:30:04Z")
I just installed Ubuntu 24.04 and it is nice and fast! But unfortunately, the touchpad doesn’t seem to be working in it. I even reseated the touchpad just in case (it works fine in Windows 11). The touchpad doesn’t even show up in the Settings app. Any ideas? From what I read, the drivers should already be part of the kernel. I’m current on updates too. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/framework3/original/3X/5/c/5c5b31c7d445534f84e12b64f821224fb314fb8b.png) ---
**Author:** ![egsavage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/egsavage/32/16306_2.png) [@egsavage](https://community.frame.work/u/egsavage)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967/2 "2024-04-29T02:05:34Z")
Ok, I’m not sure how it fixed itself. I later installed Fedora 40 to another partition and then came back to Ubuntu. This time the trackpad was working, and both the mouse and trackpad settings were present in the dialog. Very odd. ---
**Author:** ![egsavage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/egsavage/32/16306_2.png) [@egsavage](https://community.frame.work/u/egsavage)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967/3 "2024-05-01T03:47:06Z")
The missing touchpad functionality is still broke on my Ubuntu 24 installation on most boots. Only rarely does it work. The touchpad works consistently on Fedora 40. Both are current with updates too. Does anyone have suggestions on how to fix this? ---
**Author:** ![jurjendevries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/jurjendevries/32/7427_2.png) [@jurjendevries](https://community.frame.work/u/jurjendevries)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967/4 "2024-05-06T18:27:18Z")
Hi @egsavage , I’ve Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop since a week or so too on my Framework 13 i7-1280P and don’t have any issue with the trackpad. It is always showing up in the settings and working well. I hope you will be able to fix it somehow. Best, Jurjen ---
**Author:** ![egsavage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/egsavage/32/16306_2.png) [@egsavage](https://community.frame.work/u/egsavage)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967/5 "2024-05-07T01:10:35Z")
That is good to hear. I honestly don’t know why the issue comes and goes., ---
**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Wilkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47c2d/32.png) [@Jeremy\_Wilkins](https://community.frame.work/u/Jeremy_Wilkins)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967/6 "2024-06-18T04:07:05Z")
I seem to have the same problem using 24.04 on my Framework 16 as well. 23.10 I never had trouble, but as soon as I upgraded to 24.04 it started failing to bring up the touch pad and I use Kubuntu (KDE) so it is even a different desktop environment. Right now it is working, but on some boots or when it resumes from sleep the touch pad is unavailable. Rebooting doesn’t seem to help, but a cold boot from power off usually resolves it more often for me. ---
**Author:** ![C\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@C\_B](https://community.frame.work/u/C_B)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967/7 "2024-06-20T02:23:34Z")
I had similar symptoms, Ubuntu 24.04. Touchpad not working even in a live boot from USB, the only thing that showed up in settings \> mouse & touchpad was “primary button”, keyboard was still working, and an external USB mouse worked fine. In my case it turned out to be the “mid plate connector” physically coming unseated. Removing the touchpad and keyboard, and pressing the mid plate connector back into place worked, or at least some other side effect of reseating it did. ---
**Author:** ![jefgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@jefgg](https://community.frame.work/u/jefgg)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967/8 "2024-06-21T04:01:06Z")
This has happened intermittently to me as well. ---
**Author:** ![deLemere](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/delemere/32/24058_2.png) [@deLemere](https://community.frame.work/u/deLemere)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967/9 "2024-06-25T14:48:09Z")
Same Problem here, after Updating Kubuntu to 24.04. Did work with Ubuntu, Mint and Kubuntu 22.04 and 23.xx. ---
**Author:** ![Willem\_van\_den\_Ende](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/71c47a/32.png) [@Willem\_van\_den\_Ende](https://community.frame.work/u/Willem_van_den_Ende)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967/10 "2024-07-23T15:12:23Z")
Solved (I hope, worked after rebooting after failing twice) by following the suggestion in [http://community.frame.work/t/solved-ubuntu-23-04-doesnt-recognize-touchpad-properly/](http://community.frame.work/t/solved-ubuntu-23-04-doesnt-recognize-touchpad-properly/) to blacklist the ps2 mouse ```auto echo "blacklist psmouse" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf ``` Strangely enough it did work in the live ‘cd’ (usb) from which I installed. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Hartley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/matt_hartley/32/13623_2.png) [@Matt\_Hartley](https://community.frame.work/u/Matt_Hartley)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967/11 "2024-07-25T01:33:47Z")
> [@Willem\_van\_den\_Ende](#): > > Solved (I hope, worked after rebooting after failing twice) by following the suggestion in [http://community.frame.work/t/solved-ubuntu-23-04-doesnt-recognize-touchpad-properly/](http://community.frame.work/t/solved-ubuntu-23-04-doesnt-recognize-touchpad-properly/) to blacklist the ps2 mouse > > ```auto > echo "blacklist psmouse" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf > > ``` > > Strangely enough it did work in the live ‘cd’ (usb) from which I installed. Welcome to the community! To confirm, this issues has resolved itself and may I ask which kernel you happen to be on? ---
**Author:** ![Willem\_van\_den\_Ende](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/71c47a/32.png) [@Willem\_van\_den\_Ende](https://community.frame.work/u/Willem_van_den_Ende)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967/12 "2024-07-25T09:05:04Z")
Thank you, @Matt_Hartley . Uname - Linux sequential 6.8.0-38-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT\_DYNAMIC Fri Jun 7 15:25:01 UTC 2024 x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux ---
**Author:** ![Willem\_van\_den\_Ende](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/71c47a/32.png) [@Willem\_van\_den\_Ende](https://community.frame.work/u/Willem_van_den_Ende)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 9:08am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-24-04-no-touchpad-in-settings/49967/13 "2024-07-25T09:08:47Z")
apologies for the brief reply. I got a bunch of 403 errors attempting to post. Yes, has resolved, I assume “blacklist psmouse” did it, but I did that right after installing (installed ubuntu 24.04 on tuesday after assembling the laptop, which was good fun). I followed your ubuntu 24.04 on the framework 16 guide @Matt_Hartley . The guide works, including the fingerprint reader. FYI: good call on pointing out the battery settings. I did similar on another laptop, and its battery is still good after 5 years.