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Laptop touchpad - Stopped Working

Asked by Steve Garton

Hi There,

Last night my touchpad on my laptop stopped working. All of a sudden. I had Firefox & Thunderbird open at the time. I can plug in a USB mouse, and the pointer works again, but the touchpad does not. Any Ideas?

Steve

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Riku Eskelinen (kingi89) said : 		#1

Thanks for your question.

Just in case... Try to press "Touchpad on" button (usually a little above the touchpad itself or under Fn+something combo). If that doesn't help, give us your /etc/X11/xorg.conf (please use pastebin) and some info about your system.

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Steve Garton (sheepeatingtaz) said : 		#2

Cheers, schoolboy error: Fn + F7, must've hit it by accident!

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Best Riku Eskelinen (kingi89) said : 		#3

If that fixed your problem, please mark this question as Solved.

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Steve Garton (sheepeatingtaz) said : 		#4

Thanks Riku Eskelinen, that solved my question.

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Adams Korir (adekorir) said : 		#5

Hey.
This also solved a similar problem I had. Thanks for this question and the answer.