I was able to get my trackpad working. To make it easier for anyone stumbling across this post, here's how I solved the issue.
Open the terminal and enter:
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xed admin:///etc/default/grub
Then, replace:
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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i8042.nopnp=1 pci=nocrs"
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sudo update-grub
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Hi everyone,
This is my first time using Linux Mint so forgive me if I am having an issue with something obvious. I looked around on the forums for the same issue and tried the solutions that worked for other users who had a similar issue in the past, but those fixes haven't worked for me unfortunately.
I have tried to press F6 and F8 while using the Fn key and without, as this is how you activate and deactivate the trackpad on Lenovo machines, and this hasn't succeeded in activating my trackpad. When I go into the mouse settings, my trackpad doesn't show up as an option, only the USB mouse I currently have plugged in.
I am using Linux Mint XFCE.
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System:
Kernel: 5.11.0-37-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.20 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81WD v: IdeaPad 3 14IIL05
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 v: IdeaPad 3 14IIL05 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0R32891 WIN serial: <filter>
UEFI: LENOVO v: EMCN36WW date: 05/29/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 18.5 Wh condition: 34.4/35.3 Wh (98%) volts: 7.6/7.6
model: CPT-COS L16C2PB1 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Discharging
cycles: 9
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-1005G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Ice Lake rev: 5 L2 cache: 4096 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 9523
Speed: 1100 MHz min/max: 400/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1100 2: 1027
3: 1102 4: 956
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:8a56
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (ICL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Smart Sound Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:34c8
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.0-37-generic
Network:
Device-1: Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:34f0
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 33.89 GiB (28.4%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital
model: PC SN520 SDAPMUW-128G-1101 size: 119.24 GiB speed: 15.8 Gb/s
lanes: 2 serial: <filter> rev: 20290001 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 116.38 GiB used: 16.94 GiB (14.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com uma main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:
Processes: 209 Uptime: 3m Memory: 3.41 GiB used: 965.7 MiB (27.7%)
Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash
v: 5.0.17 running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.0.38