Ahh. Actually xinput now (with kubuntu-desktop installed) now has registered my touchpad as a standard mouse it seems (I don't have multitouch functionality, so no two-finger scrolling, etc).
$ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Logitech MX Master id=10 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Logitech K800 id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=14 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Jabra Link 370 id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Integrated Camera: Integrated C id=12 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ ThinkPad Extra Buttons id=15 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Logitech MX Master id=16 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Logitech K800 id=17 [slave keyboard (3)] As can be seen from this: xinput --list-props 14 Device 'PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad': Device Enabled (154): 1 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (156): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (290): 0 libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (291): 0 libinput Scroll Methods Available (292): 0, 0, 1 libinput Scroll Method Enabled (293): 0, 0, 1 libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (294): 0, 0, 1 libinput Button Scrolling Button (295): 2 libinput Button Scrolling Button Default (296): 2 libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (297): 0 libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (298): 0 libinput Accel Speed (299): 0.000000 libinput Accel Speed Default (300): 0.000000 libinput Accel Profiles Available (301): 1, 1 libinput Accel Profile Enabled (302): 1, 0 libinput Accel Profile Enabled Default (303): 1, 0 libinput Left Handed Enabled (304): 0 libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (305): 0 libinput Send Events Modes Available (275): 1, 0 libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (276): 0, 0 libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (277): 0, 0 Device Node (278): "/dev/input/event8" Device Product ID (279): 2, 1 libinput Drag Lock Buttons (306): <no items> libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (307): 1 So for me the only viable workaround is still to use the nouveau-drivers -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1826597 Title: Synaptic touchpad not responding in ubuntu 19.04 when using nvidia drivers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-libinput/+bug/1826597/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs