touchpad only works after closing and re-opening laptop

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soupogen
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touchpad only works after closing and re-opening laptop

Post by soupogen »

I haven't been able to use the touchpad at all for quite a while, despite rebooting a ton today trying to figure out what, closing the lid and opening it worked this time (and so far as I've retried it tonight, but using any other method to restart or hibernate or whatever it's doing that I've tried hasn't made a difference).

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System:    Kernel: 5.13.0-27-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: MATE 1.24.0 wm: marco 
           dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20266 v: Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro serial: <filter> 
           Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: Yoga2 v: 31900058WIN serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO v: 76CN38WW 
           date: 06/27/2014 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 29.3 Wh condition: 40.6/49.3 Wh (82%) volts: 8.1/7.4 
           model: Lenovo IdeaPad Kona serial: <filter> status: Charging 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-4210U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell 
           rev: 1 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 19155 
           Speed: 2394 MHz min/max: 800/2700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2394 2: 2394 3: 2394 
           4: 2394 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0a16 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           compositor: marco resolution: 3200x1800~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.2.6 
           compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:03.0 chip ID: 8086:0a0c 
           Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:9c20 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.13.0-27-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3040 bus ID: 01:00.0 
           chip ID: 8086:08b2 
           IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 84.05 GiB (35.2%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: MZMTE256HMHP-000L1 size: 238.47 GiB 
           speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 233.24 GiB used: 84.05 GiB (36.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
USB:       Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Hub: 1-1:2 info: Intel ports: 8 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 8087:8000 
           Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 9 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Device-1: 2-4:2 info: Intel type: Bluetooth driver: btusb rev: 2.0 chip ID: 8087:07dc 
           Device-2: 2-6:3 info: Texas Instruments Invensense Embedded MotionApp HID Sensor 
           type: HID driver: hid-sensor-hub,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 2047:0855 
           Device-3: 2-7:4 info: Elan Micro Touchscreen type: HID driver: hid-multitouch,usbhid 
           rev: 2.0 chip ID: 04f3:016f 
           Device-4: 2-8:5 info: Sunplus Innovation Lenovo EasyCamera type: Video driver: uvcvideo 
           rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1bcf:2c43 
           Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 74.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
           2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
           3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
           6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64,i386] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
           2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
Info:      Processes: 217 Uptime: N/A Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 1.13 GiB (14.7%) Init: systemd v: 245 
           runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Client: Unknown python3.8 client inxi: 3.0.38 
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doucettea
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Re: touchpad only works after closing and re-opening laptop

Post by doucettea »

I have the same issue. Have you found a solution?

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-96-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin 5.2.0 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20266 v: Lenovo Ideapad YOGA 2 Pro 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo Ideapad YOGA 2 Pro 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: Yoga2 v: 31900058STD serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO 
  v: 76CN43WW date: 03/30/2015 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 14.4 Wh condition: 53.4/51.3 Wh (104%) volts: 7.9/7.4 
  model: Lenovo IdeaPad Kona type: Unknown serial: <filter> status: Charging 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-4500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Haswell rev: 1 L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 19155 
  Speed: 798 MHz min/max: 800/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 798 2: 798 
  3: 798 4: 799 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0a16 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 3200x1800~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2) 
  v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 chip ID: 8086:0a0c 
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:9c20 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-96-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3040 
  bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 8086:08b1 
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 34.51 GiB (14.5%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: MZMTD256HAGM-000L1 size: 238.47 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 3L0Q scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 233.24 GiB used: 34.51 GiB (14.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com una main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:
  Processes: 203 Uptime: 14m Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 1.58 GiB (20.5%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 
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