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touchpad stops working after screensaver or hibernation
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:29 pm
by catamount04
Hello,
I am running Mint 14. Whenever my xscreensaver starts, or the pc goes into hibernation, my touchpad stops working. The only thing that will resolve issue is a reboot. I have a gateway Mx6440 laptop. Any help or workarounds are appreciated!
Re: touchpad stops working after screensaver or hibernation
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:35 pm
by catamount04
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Re: touchpad stops working after screensaver or hibernation
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:01 pm
by dsirus5
gateway mx6436 user - same problem here! been googling around looking at similar problems, but i haven't come across anything that's helped.
here's the output of xinput list:
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dsirus5@NULL ~ $ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
dsirus5@NULL ~ $
anybody have any suggestions to a workaround, or further diagnostics we can try to pinpoint where the error lies?
Re: touchpad stops working after screensaver or hibernation
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:24 pm
by luedvic
I have the same issue and have not found a solution yet on any Ubuntu or Mint forums. I had the same issue when I was using Ubuntu as well.
- Gateway 8510GZ
Operating System : Linux Mint 14 Nadia
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
Re: touchpad stops working after screensaver or hibernation
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:15 pm
by sammiam
;-( I have the same problem, plus I can make it fail.... all I have to do is open a terminal window, and the touchpad totally stops working.... totally frustrating...
Re: touchpad stops working after screensaver or hibernation
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:18 pm
by sammiam
work around:
1) CTRL-ALT-F1
2) log on as root
3) issue the command 'modprobe -r psmouse'
4) issue the command 'modprobe psmouse'
5) ALT-F8 will get you back into your X session..
Not a nice fix, but it is a work around
I also placed the commands in a file, made it executable, and then if I have a terminal open, I can run the script as root and the pointer starts working again...
Re: touchpad stops working after screensaver or hibernation
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:16 pm
by luedvic
Unfortunately this did not work for me after machine wakes up out of suspend mode.
sammiam wrote:work around:
1) CTRL-ALT-F1
2) log on as root
3) issue the command 'modprobe -r psmouse'
4) issue the command 'modprobe psmouse'
5) ALT-F8 will get you back into your X session..
Not a nice fix, but it is a work around
I also placed the commands in a file, made it executable, and then if I have a terminal open, I can run the script as root and the pointer starts working again...