Touchpad stopped working on Acer Aspire One d257-13450

Asked by Luke Webb

Installed Ubuntu 12.04 and everything worked flawlessly initially. Within hours the touchpad stopped working without me knowingly doing anything to cause stoppage. The touchpad should be unlocked as I pressed Fn and F7. Terminal still recognizes the touchpad in the xinput list as SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad id=14 [slave pointer (2)]. My external mouse works great but the touchpad still won't click or drag.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

Have you got a shortcut or switch to enable / disable the touchpad?

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Luke Webb (lukethomaswebb) said :
#2

I believe it is Fn and F7.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

Does it make a diffrence?

If not run:

echo "options psmouse proto=imps" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/mousefix.conf > /dev/null

(That is ONE command) and reboot to test. Is it ok.

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Luke Webb (lukethomaswebb) said :
#4

The shortcut doesn't turn the touchpad back on nor does that command
(provided I entered it into terminal right). Thanks for helping me. I will
try the command again and let you know if it works.

On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 7:41 PM, actionparsnip <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #213193 on xorg in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/213193
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Does it make a diffrence?
>
> If not run:
>
> echo "options psmouse proto=imps" | sudo tee
> /etc/modprobe.d/mousefix.conf > /dev/null
>
> (That is ONE command) and reboot to test. Is it ok.
>
> Source:
>
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/74964/touchpad-stopped-working-on-an-acer-aspireone-d255e
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
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Luke Webb (lukethomaswebb) said :
#5

The command worked on the second attempt! Thanks so much!

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Luke Webb <email address hidden> wrote:

> The shortcut doesn't turn the touchpad back on nor does that command
> (provided I entered it into terminal right). Thanks for helping me. I will
> try the command again and let you know if it works.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 7:41 PM, actionparsnip <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
>> Your question #213193 on xorg in Ubuntu changed:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/213193
>>
>> Status: Open => Answered
>>
>> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
>> Does it make a diffrence?
>>
>> If not run:
>>
>> echo "options psmouse proto=imps" | sudo tee
>> /etc/modprobe.d/mousefix.conf > /dev/null
>>
>> (That is ONE command) and reboot to test. Is it ok.
>>
>> Source:
>>
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/74964/touchpad-stopped-working-on-an-acer-aspireone-d255e
>>
>> --
>> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
>> know that it is solved:
>>
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/213193/+confirm?answer_id=2
>>
>> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
>> following page to enter your feedback:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/213193
>>
>> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>>
>
>

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Luke Webb (lukethomaswebb) said :
#6

Thanks!