From the evdev(4) manpage:

evdev is an Xorg input driver for Linux's generic event devices.  It therefore
supports all input devices that the kernel knows  about, including most mice,
keyboards, tablets and touchscreens.  evdev is the default driver on the major
Linux distributions.

For figuring out problems with e.g. your touchpad device:

• xinput --list
• xinput list-props <touchpad's id>