Touchpad Problem - shortly after login, it stops working

Question

I've Ubuntu 11.10 and my problem is about the touchpad. At the beginning of my computer it's works fine, but after opening an application or a few minutes, it stops working and I have to use a USB mouse. Someone could help me? Thank you very much:)

Solution 1

I had the same problem as well, the only thing that I did was in the terminal:

    unity --replace

after that it hasn't been an issue.

Solution 2

There is another command that works, and is perhaps more direct:

sudo modprobe -r psmouse && sudo modprobe psmouse

The problem is that it is not a permanent solution. I already tried adding psmouse to the /etc/modules file, but the problem is not about the driver not loading, but crashing or something.

Does the unity replacement command work as a "permanent solution"?

Solution 3

If this happents, use Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal and type:

synclient TouchpadOff=0

Solution 4

These solutions didn't work for me (running ubuntu 12.10). The thing that did the trick is:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.touchpad touchpad-enabled true

Good luck!

Solution 5

I was sucessful with the wollowing treatment: I plugged in a USB mouse Navigate to the touchpad and mouse settings (top right button -> system settings -> Mouse and Touchpad) I then unchecked the disable mouse when typing option. Reboot.

Worked fine using this since! Perhaps there is some weird mouse locking issue related to this setting?

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Comments

[Admin]

I am experiencing the exact same behaviour... but uncheck of 'disable touchpad when typing' option didn't help at all. I have ps/2 touch pad before log in (can mouse to password field on gdm). When I log in, mouse immediately stops working. rmmod / modprobe doesnt' seem to help.

[Manuel Andrés Vélez]

Perfect... also replacing the synaptic drivers! :D ;) Thanks

[st2011]

are you talking about unity --replace for me it did.

[Kasun Gajasinghe]

@ManuelAndrésVélez I also have the same problem. Can you tell me how you replaced the synaptic driver?

[Kasun Gajasinghe]

This worked for me!

[Ryan Reich]

This is the best answer. I used to use the modprobe method, but in 12.04, it causes unity or even X to crash. This one does not even need to be root!

[Ryan Reich]

This is total overkill -- replace the entire desktop just for one driver?

[Cerin]

I'm on 12.04, and this doesn't do anything for me.

[Prabhat]

Although this wasn't exactly the fix for my mouse freeze, this helped in solving the issue on my Xubuntu, which was Enable this device option on the Mouse Settings dialog was getting unchecked everytime I login. Clicking on Restore Defaults fixed the issue. Never thought using the UI would be simpler, wasted time mucking around with conf files. Thanks!