How to copy the driver?

Question

linux

I have an old Acer laptop. I tried many Linux distributions, but everywhere the touchpad did not work, there were no drivers, even in the system the touch was not detected.
As a result, I installed Ubuntu mate. At first, the touch was also undecided. I decided to sit on it, even though the system slowed down.
And then one day, a miracle happened - the touch began to work.
1) Tell me how to pull the driver out of the system in order to install the Linux distro I need and throw in the necessary copied driver to make the touch work?
2) how to correctly install the copied driver into a freshly installed system?

Answer 1

hardware drivers live in the distribution of the Linux kernel. and are rarely placed separately.
you need to dig into the udev rules and study the logs what is wrong with this driver.

Answer 2

Examine the X boot log and determine which device detected the touch.
See where the driver came from - from X, from the kernel, from an additional package.
If from X - put the appropriate version
If from a bucket - put the right bucket
If from a package - put the package
As for udev, by the way, a very true remark - maybe some tricky settings it needs

Answer 3

Denis
Nothing. In the bulk, drivers are tied to the kernel and libraries, and it will not work to transfer from the old OS to the new one.
Better google - how to get your touchpad model on your own OS.