Jan 21, 2019 - This package provides Dell Touchpad Driver and is supported on. File Name:Dell-Touchpad-Driver_YYK15_WIN_19.2.17.64_A10_02.EXE. Clicking on the mouse option in control panel yields the following error. I have attempted installing the Synaptics driver version v19.0.19.1. After downloading and installing Synaptics Touchpad Controller Version 19.4.3.38, or the driver installation manager, take a few minutes to send us a report: * Only registered users can upload a report.
Synaptics TouchPad Driver 19.0.12.95 Rev.A 199.4 MB HP Stream 11-d010nr Windows 10 x64 (64-bit)
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Synaptics Touchpad Driver Windows 8.1
This package provides the driver that enables the Synaptics TouchPad in supported notebook models that are running a supported operating system. The driver enables general touchpad functionality (for example double-tap and scroll) and provides a user interface.
Type: Driver-Keyboard, Mouse and Input Devices
Version: 19.0.12.95 Rev.A
Operating systems: Windows 10 (64-bit)
Release date: Jul 29, 2015
File name: sp71867.exe (199.4 MB)
Fix and enhancements: Provides the initial release to support Windows 10.
How to install:
- Download the file by clicking the Download link and save the file to a folder on your hard drive.
- Double-click the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.
In computing, a device driver (commonly referred to as a driver) is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer. A driver provides a software interface to hardware devices, enabling operating systems and other computer programs to access hardware functions without needing to know precise details of the hardware being used. Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_driver
I would like to know how to determine which driver (out of those below) is handling my touchpad:
appletouch.ko.gz, cyapa.ko.gz, sermouse.ko.gz, synaptics_usb.ko.gz, bcm5974.ko.gz, psmouse.ko.gz, synaptics_i2c.ko.gz, vsxxxaa.ko.gz
2 Answers
It's likely that none of them are doing it. On my system for example where I'm using Fedora 19 and a Thinkpad 410 with a Synaptic touchpad I have no Kernel driver as well.
So then what's taking care of this device? Well it's actually this Kernel module:
If you want to see more about this module you can use modinfo uinput:
As it turns out input devices such as these are often dealt with at a higher level, in this case the actual drivers are implemented at the X11 level.
uinput is a linux kernel module that allows to handle the input subsystem from user land. It can be used to create and to handle input devices from an application. It creates a character device in /dev/input directory. The device is a virtual interface, it doesn't belong to a physical device.
SOURCE:Getting started with uinput: the user level input subsystem
So then where's my touchpad drivers?
They're in X11's subsystem. You can see the device using the xinput --list command. For example, Here's the devices on my Thinkpad laptop:
Notice that my TouchPad shows up in this list. You can find out additional info about these devices through /proc, for example:
OK but where's the driver?
Synaptic Touchpad Latest Driver Download
Digging deeper if your system is using a Synaptic touchpad (which I believe they make ~90% of all touchpads), you can do a locate synaptics | grep xorg which should reveal the following files:
The first results there is the actual driver you're asking about. It get's loaded into X.org via the second file here:
Dell Synaptics Touchpad Driver Download
And this line:
Is what associates the physical devices with this driver. And you're probably asking yourself, how can this guy be so sure? Using this command shows the device associated with my given Synaptic TouchPad using id=12 from the xinput --list output I showed earlier:
