On Fri, 10 Mar 2017, Michael Shigorin wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 12:08:13PM +0300, Дмитрий Диденко wrote:
>> Имеется ноутбук Dell Latitude 5480, который помимо touchpad-а
>> имеет pointstik.  На ноутбук была поставлена ALT Linux Sysiphus

У меня, наверное, похожий Dell Latitude 6430u.

>> с un-def ядром, оболочкой Cinnamon. После установки, как и при
>> загрузке с live cd, ни touchpad, ни pointstick не работают.

Ставился во времена p7, проблем ОС с этими устройствами не испытывал. 
Работает, например: 3.10.32-std-def-alt1

>> При этом *synclient* выдает ошибку: Couldn't find synaptics
>> properties. No synaptics driver loaded?
>
> А покажите-ка вывод rpm -qa | grep -E 'input|evdev' | sort

# rpm -qa | grep -E 'input|evdev' | sort
libevdev-1.5.6-alt0.M80P.1
libinput-1.6.3-alt0.M80P.1
libinput-tools-1.6.3-alt0.M80P.1
xinput-1.5.3-alt1.qa1
xorg-drv-evdev-2.8.0-alt1
xorg-inputproto-devel-2.3-alt1
#

> -- возможно, это аналогичная проблема:
>
> https://forum.altlinux.org/index.php?topic=36177.msg297788#msg297788
>
> Попробуйте снести xorg-drv-libinput и обязательно сообщите,
> если это оно.

Не используется.

Вывод, аналогичный тому, что в начальном сообщении (внимательно не 
изучал, есть ли разница):

# libinput-list-devices
Device:           Power Button
Kernel:           /dev/input/event4
Group:            1
Seat:             seat0, default
Capabilities:     keyboard
Tap-to-click:     n/a
Tap-and-drag:     n/a
Tap drag lock:    n/a
Left-handed:      n/a
Nat.scrolling:    n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration:      n/a
Scroll methods:   none
Click methods:    none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Accel profiles:   n/a
Rotation:         n/a

Device:           Video Bus
Kernel:           /dev/input/event11
Group:            2
Seat:             seat0, default
Capabilities:     keyboard
Tap-to-click:     n/a
Tap-and-drag:     n/a
Tap drag lock:    n/a
Left-handed:      n/a
Nat.scrolling:    n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration:      n/a
Scroll methods:   none
Click methods:    none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Accel profiles:   n/a
Rotation:         n/a

Device:           Power Button
Kernel:           /dev/input/event2
Group:            3
Seat:             seat0, default
Capabilities:     keyboard
Tap-to-click:     n/a
Tap-and-drag:     n/a
Tap drag lock:    n/a
Left-handed:      n/a
Nat.scrolling:    n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration:      n/a
Scroll methods:   none
Click methods:    none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Accel profiles:   n/a
Rotation:         n/a

Device:           Sleep Button
Kernel:           /dev/input/event3
Group:            4
Seat:             seat0, default
Capabilities:     keyboard
Tap-to-click:     n/a
Tap-and-drag:     n/a
Tap drag lock:    n/a
Left-handed:      n/a
Nat.scrolling:    n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration:      n/a
Scroll methods:   none
Click methods:    none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Accel profiles:   n/a
Rotation:         n/a

Device:           Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD
Kernel:           /dev/input/event10
Group:            5
Seat:             seat0, default
Capabilities:     keyboard
Tap-to-click:     n/a
Tap-and-drag:     n/a
Tap drag lock:    n/a
Left-handed:      n/a
Nat.scrolling:    n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration:      n/a
Scroll methods:   none
Click methods:    none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Accel profiles:   n/a
Rotation:         n/a

Device:           AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
Kernel:           /dev/input/event0
Group:            6
Seat:             seat0, default
Capabilities:     keyboard
Tap-to-click:     n/a
Tap-and-drag:     n/a
Tap drag lock:    n/a
Left-handed:      n/a
Nat.scrolling:    n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration:      n/a
Scroll methods:   none
Click methods:    none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Accel profiles:   n/a
Rotation:         n/a

Device:           DualPoint Stick
Kernel:           /dev/input/event8
Group:            7
Seat:             seat0, default
Capabilities:     pointer
Tap-to-click:     n/a
Tap-and-drag:     n/a
Tap drag lock:    n/a
Left-handed:      disabled
Nat.scrolling:    disabled
Middle emulation: disabled
Calibration:      n/a
Scroll methods:   *button
Click methods:    none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Accel profiles:   flat *adaptive
Rotation:         n/a

Device:           AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad
Kernel:           /dev/input/event9
Group:            8
Seat:             seat0, default
Size:             71.43x50.00mm
Capabilities:     pointer
Tap-to-click:     disabled
Tap-and-drag:     enabled
Tap drag lock:    disabled
Left-handed:      disabled
Nat.scrolling:    disabled
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration:      n/a
Scroll methods:   *two-finger edge
Click methods:    none
Disable-w-typing: enabled
Accel profiles:   none
Rotation:         n/a

Device:           Dell WMI hotkeys
Kernel:           /dev/input/event7
Group:            9
Seat:             seat0, default
Capabilities:     keyboard
Tap-to-click:     n/a
Tap-and-drag:     n/a
Tap drag lock:    n/a
Left-handed:      n/a
Nat.scrolling:    n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration:      n/a
Scroll methods:   none
Click methods:    none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Accel profiles:   n/a
Rotation:         n/a


-- 
Best regards,
Ivan