Strange. Here is what I have $ loginctl SESSION UID USER SEAT 2 1000 seat0 c1 42 gdm seat0 $ loginctl show-session 2 -p Type Type=x11 $ uname -a Linux elektron 4.10.15-200.fc25.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon May 8 18:46:06 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint id=13 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Integrated Camera id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ ThinkPad Extra Buttons id=12 [slave keyboard (3)] $ sudo dmidecode -t system | head -n 14 # dmidecode 3.0 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 2.8 present. Handle 0x000C, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 20FW000DPG Version: ThinkPad T460p Serial Number: ----------- UUID: ------------------------------------ Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: LENOVO_MT_20FW_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad T460p Family: ThinkPad T460p $ sudo dmidecode -t bios # dmidecode 3.0 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 2.8 present. Handle 0x000B, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: LENOVO Version: R07ET73W (2.13 ) Release Date: 12/20/2016 Address: 0xE0000 Runtime Size: 128 kB ROM Size: 16384 kB Characteristics: PCI is supported PNP is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported EDD is supported 3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) Print screen service is supported (int 5h) 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) Serial services are supported (int 14h) Printer services are supported (int 17h) CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h) ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Targeted content distribution is supported UEFI is supported BIOS Revision: 2.13 Firmware Revision: 1.4 Handle 0x0024, DMI type 13, 22 bytes BIOS Language Information Language Description Format: Abbreviated Installable Languages: 1 en-US Currently Installed Language: en-US Notice that I have my touchpad enabled in BIOS (my trackpoint has a faulty left button, so I'm waiting for a replacement and currently need to use the touchpad when there is no external mouse around) This is the output of xinput list-props when the touchpad is enabled $ xinput list-props 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad' Device 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad': Device Enabled (139): 1 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (141): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 libinput Tapping Enabled (276): 1 libinput Tapping Enabled Default (277): 0 libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (278): 1 libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (279): 1 libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled (280): 0 libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled Default (281): 0 libinput Tapping Button Mapping Enabled (282): 1, 0 libinput Tapping Button Mapping Default (283): 1, 0 libinput Accel Speed (284): 0.000000 libinput Accel Speed Default (285): 0.000000 libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (286): 1 libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (287): 0 libinput Send Events Modes Available (261): 1, 1 libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (262): 0, 0 libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (263): 0, 0 libinput Left Handed Enabled (288): 0 libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (289): 0 libinput Scroll Methods Available (290): 1, 1, 0 libinput Scroll Method Enabled (291): 1, 0, 0 libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (292): 1, 0, 0 libinput Click Methods Available (293): 1, 1 libinput Click Method Enabled (294): 0, 1 libinput Click Method Enabled Default (295): 1, 0 libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (296): 0 libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (297): 0 libinput Disable While Typing Enabled (298): 1 libinput Disable While Typing Enabled Default (299): 1 Device Node (264): "/dev/input/event5" Device Product ID (265): 2, 7 libinput Drag Lock Buttons (300): libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (301): 1 and this is when it is disabled (via the command I posted earlier) $ xinput list-props 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad' Device 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad': Device Enabled (139): 0 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (141): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 libinput Tapping Enabled (276): 1 libinput Tapping Enabled Default (277): 0 libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (278): 1 libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (279): 1 libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled (280): 0 libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled Default (281): 0 libinput Tapping Button Mapping Enabled (282): 1, 0 libinput Tapping Button Mapping Default (283): 1, 0 libinput Accel Speed (284): 0.000000 libinput Accel Speed Default (285): 0.000000 libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (286): 1 libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (287): 0 libinput Send Events Modes Available (261): 1, 1 libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (262): 0, 0 libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (263): 0, 0 libinput Left Handed Enabled (288): 0 libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (289): 0 libinput Scroll Methods Available (290): 1, 1, 0 libinput Scroll Method Enabled (291): 1, 0, 0 libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (292): 1, 0, 0 libinput Click Methods Available (293): 1, 1 libinput Click Method Enabled (294): 0, 1 libinput Click Method Enabled Default (295): 1, 0 libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (296): 0 libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (297): 0 libinput Disable While Typing Enabled (298): 1 libinput Disable While Typing Enabled Default (299): 1 Device Node (264): "/dev/input/event5" Device Product ID (265): 2, 7 libinput Drag Lock Buttons (300): libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (301): 1 Could it be that our touchpads have different firmware versions? What I have is $ journalctl --no-page -b | grep 'Touchpad model' Mai 20 01:38:39 elektron kernel: psmouse serio1: synaptics: Touchpad model: 1, fw: 8.2, id: 0x1e2b1, caps: 0xf006a3/0x943300/0x12e800/0x10000, board id: 3053, fw id: 2010421