touchpad stopped working soon after install

[ColonelFazackerley]

touchpad stopped working soon after install

kubuntu 15.10
KDE Frameworks: 5.15.0

[COLOR=#333333]> cat /proc/bus/input/devices[/COLOR]
...
[FONT=monospace]I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=000e Version=0000
N: Name="ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse1 event8  
B: PROP=5
B: EV=b
B: KEY=e420 10000 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=661800011000003
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> [FONT=monospace]xinput --list
[/FONT]...
[FONT=monospace]⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]                           
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]                           
⎜   ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad                  id=14   [slave  pointer  (2)] 
....
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[FONT=monospace]> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i elantech
[     9.801] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad (/dev/input/event8)
[     9.801] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
[     9.801] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
[     9.802] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Applying InputClass "Default clickpad buttons"
[     9.802] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad'
[     9.802] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: always reports core events
[     9.824] (II) synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: found clickpad property
[     9.825] (--) synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: x-axis range 0 - 3276 (res 33)
[     9.825] (--) synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: y-axis range 0 - 1872 (res 32)
[     9.825] (--) synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: pressure range 0 - 255
[     9.825] (--) synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: finger width range 0 - 15
[     9.825] (--) synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: buttons: left double triple
[     9.825] (--) synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Vendor 0x2 Product 0xe
[     9.825] (--) synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: touchpad found
[     9.825] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: always reports core events
[     9.840] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 14)
[     9.840] (**) synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) MinSpeed is now constant deceleration 2.5
[     9.840] (**) synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) MaxSpeed is now 1.75
[     9.840] (**) synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) AccelFactor is now 0.053
[     9.841] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[     9.841] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) acceleration profile 1
[     9.841] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[     9.841] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[     9.841] (--) synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: touchpad found
[     9.843] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad (/dev/input/mouse1)
[     9.843] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Ignoring device from InputClass "touchpad ignore duplicates"
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[Snowhog]

I don't like to assume, so, is this on a laptop, or a connected touchpad on a desktop?

[ColonelFazackerley]

Laptop

[ColonelFazackerley]

I am an idiot.
Fn-f1 disables it. I must have hit that by mistake.

[Snowhog]

'It' happens. We've all been there; done that. Welcome to the club!