I don't remember having that issue specifically, but I do know that on a fresh install the touchpad is not very responsive. I'm currently running arch with the

I don't remember having that issue specifically, but I do know that on a fresh install the touchpad is not very responsive. I'm currently running arch with the following as /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf: Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad catchall" Driver "synaptics" MatchIsTouchpad "on" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Option "FingerLow" "5" Option "FingerHigh" "10" Option "VertScrollDelta" "-25" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "-25" Option "CoastingSpeed" "5" Option "CoastingFriction" "20" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "3" Option "TapButton3" "2" EndSection There's also a specialized Ubuntu-derivative called GalliumOS [1] that you might try. They try to work out all these configuration oddities before you get it loaded. [1] https://galliumos.org/ https://galliumos.org/