
That should immediately take effect, and your touchpad will now be 100% functional. More good news though: these issues are also easily fixable! synclient ClickPad=0 synclient PalmDetect=1
#Razer blade touchpad driver drivers#
This is because even though the system now has correct drivers for the touchpad, it still incorrectly identifies the touchpad as a clickpad. Palm detection may also not be very good. But you may also find that the physical mouse buttons only respond some of the time, or that your finger has to be on the touchpad for a physical click to register. You can also find kernel packages for newer kernels or different architectures/versions of Ubuntu.
#Razer blade touchpad driver install#
Use the commands below to download and install kernel 4.0.1 for 64-bit Ubuntu 15.04 systems. Ubuntu 15.04 ships with kernel 3.19, so it won’t work out-of-the-box, but installing a new kernel is easy. The good news is that this is mostly fixed in kernel ≥ 4.0. That means it works, but only in the most basic way-no multitouch, multitap, or gestures.

I say nearly everything because as of Ubuntu 15.04, the touchpad is detected as a mouse. Nearly everything works (with the proviso that I haven’t tried suspend/hibernate, or using the Nvidia card). The great news is that it also happens to run Ubuntu really well out-of-the-box. The 14″ Razer Blade is, in my humble opinion, one of the best pieces of non-Apple hardware on the market today. Get a working touchpad on a 14″ Razer Blade running Linux/Ubuntu May 6 th, 2015 I’m a software developer who runs Scribophile, an online writing group for serious writers, Writerfolio, an online writing portfolio service for freelancers, and Standard Ebooks, an open source project that produces liberated ebooks for the true book lover. Get a working touchpad on a 14″ Razer Blade running Linux/Ubuntu - Alex Cabal Alex Cabal
