touchpad not working

[Chirag]

Using ubuntu for more than 2 weeks and just one day touchpad stopped working.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: linux-image-5.0.0-23-generic 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1-generic 5.0.15
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jan 9 07:28:46 2020
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=C.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-signed-hwe
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Taha Soomro (suryaya)]

I woke up this morning and my touchpad also stopped working. I used this fix:

https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/mousepad-touchpad-not-working-in-19-10-ubuntu-mate/20557

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.