Touchpad Stops Working Linux Mint 18.3 Mate Spin Live DVD

[msjohns1]

Once the desktop display loads, the touchpad mouse initially works. But after several seconds to a few minutes, it completely stops responding. I can still plug in a USB mouse and that works, but touchpad is dead in the water. No errors or pad-related messages I can see in `dmesg`. It behaves like some intentional disable is triggered and not viewed as an error. Touchpad still reports enabled under Mouse settings.

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$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: mint Kernel: 4.10.0-38-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: MATE 1.18.0 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3) Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine:   Mobo: Acer model: Wasp_BR v: V1.13 Bios: Insyde v: V1.13 date: 11/15/2016
CPU:       Quad core AMD A10-9600P RADEON R5 10 COMPUTE CORES 4C+6G (-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 19165
           clock speeds: max: 2400 MHz 1: 1500 MHz 2: 1200 MHz 3: 1500 MHz 4: 1200 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Carrizo bus-ID: 00:01.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,amdgpu (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,radeon)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.05hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD CARRIZO (DRM 3.9.0 / 4.10.0-38-generic, LLVM 4.0.0)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.0.7 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 157a driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:09.2
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Kabini HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.0-38-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 01:00.1
           IF: enp1s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros Device 0042 driver: ath10k_pci bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlp2s0 state: up speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: NA (-) ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MQ01ABD1 size: 1000.2GB temp: 32C
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 0.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 191 Uptime: 13 min Memory: 471.1/7498.7MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35

[JerryF]

Check to see what's starting in the Startup Applications.

If you can, post a snapshot of the window.

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[Reddog1]

I guessed you had an Acer laptop. Enter your bios and look for a setting for the touchpad. I believe that you will find that there is one, and that the default setting is "Advanced". Change it to "Basic" and save and exit. The exact thing happened to me (xfce Mint) and prevented a successful install to hard drive as well as stopping all activity during Live sessions. Drove me crazy until I discovered there was a trackpad option in the BIOS. I'd never encountered that before but my Acer A315 has it.