Acer Aspire 5 Touchpad no longer works

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Earlier today, I left my laptop’s lid closed for several hours and when I came back, the screen wouldn’t light up.
Naturally, thinking the Bluetooth suspend bug was back, I cut my losses and restarted my laptop by force.
When it started up again, the touchpad no longer seemed to work.
I did not think to, nor was able to check what kernel I was running before… But I would not really like to go back to a previous kernel, as old kernels are removed and new ones introduced almost every dnf upgrade, which in time will force me to face this issue again.

Things I’ve tried:

  • sudo rrmmod psmouse && sudo modprobe psmouse
  • sudo xinput --disable (touchpad device number) && sudo xinput --enable (touchpad device number)
  • sudo dmesg | grep (touchpad device id)

Respectively,

  • error informing me that the module is built-in
  • nothing happens at all
  • doesn’t show any errors for that device
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I really did just hit Fn + F7, which disables the touchpad entirely and not notice for several days