Ubuntu 18.04 mouse issues after suspend

Question

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 running on lenovo carbon yoga x1 (1st Gen). Everything work fine most of the time, but after I put the computer to suspend and then wake it up in the am, the mouse goes a little whack: - the left click of the mouse doesn't work. - the sliding lock screen for example looks like it's stuck in drag mode, I can slide up and down but not all the way, and I have to power cycle the machine to get to the login box.

Solution 1

Faced this problem today and this is what worked for me.

Make sure your device module is psmouse by running,

lsmod | grep psmouse

if its not, find the relavant module name.

$ cd /lib/systemd/system-sleep/
$ sudo vi fixtouchpad

then paste and save the following

#!/bin/bash
[ "$1" = "post" ] && exec modprobe psmouse
[ "$1" = "pre" ] && exec rmmod psmouse
exit 0

This will reload your psmouse module after resuming. Replace 'psmouse' with your module name.

Be sure to make the script executable

sudo chmod +x fixtouchpad

Solution 2

I was having similar issues with 18.04 and they actually got worse since upgrading to 18.10. I have a Logitech "unifying receiver" that has both a mouse and keyboard paired with it. When resuming from sleep, fairly often either the mouse or the keyboard no longer work. I don't remember suffering these issues with 17.10...

The following script fixed it for me:

for mod in hid_logitech_hidpp hid_logitech_dj usbhid; do
   sudo rmmod $mod && sleep 3
   sudo modprobe $mod
done

If you create a script with this, don't forget to make it executable, eg with chmod +x $HOME/fix_logitech.sh

(not sure what the various modules are for but they looked like good candidates). I used my laptop's integrated keyboard to type this. If the approach works, I might consider @imeshU's approach to hook this into the System-D sleep/resume process.

Comments

[goo]

Read man pm-action to see what steps your system goes through when you suspend/resume. If you find a fix, this is where it would go. What do lsusb and sudo lshw tell you about your mouse?

[Dory Zidon]

I ran both commands and read the man, I'm not sure how that helps. Happy to share the output. After suspend / hybernaite, I actaully have to reboot twice until the mouse comes back to normal work...

[Dory Zidon]

How am I suppose to fix this? I'm really unsure..

[Dory Zidon]

@waltinator happy to follow your instructions.

[SDwarfs]

Worked for my Fujitsu Lifebook running Ubuntu 18.04.3; it still hangs for a few seconds after standby - but it finally reacts to user input again without crazy behaviour! Thank's for this solution!

[sadalsuud]

work for me at asus zenbook 13 on xubntu 20.04 Thanks!

[Admin]

This does not work with 20.04+logitech mouse on XPS13 (2019).