touchpad stops working after screensaver or hibernation

[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!

[catamount04]

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[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?

[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

[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...

[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...

[luedvic]

Unfortunately this did not work for me after machine wakes up out of suspend mode.

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...