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Touchpad halfway working, clicking, scrolling, but not moving

Asked by Titan21

Okay, ...
I really hope someone can help me, ...

Configuration:
Eee 701 4G, 1G Ram, 16G SDHC-Card
No Hardware Mods (Maybe the Software Eee-Control)
Ubuntu 8.04, with Netbook Remix

Recently my Touchpad stopped working occasionally.... so I just thought my Eee got too hot. To Try it out, I just rebootet the X-Server (Via CTRL+ALT+Backspace) which should not have fixed the problem (Temerature would still be the same) but ... It did.
So I kept on working, until it stopped again after a few minutes.
That got me so frustrating that I decided to go to bed and try again today.
Now I booted my Eee and my touchpad didn't work at all.
Rebooted several times, never started working again
To start the "bugtracking" i decided to look where the Problem came from. So I got into my terminal and entered "synclient -m 20' a program which shows you the position of the mouse..
And: Guess what?
It shows every movement on the touchpad.

So I did a bit of research, but all I could find was the tip to increase the sensitivity in the options...
So I went to the Options, set the sensitivity to a higher value... Nothing happened, and when I opened the Options again, it was set to its lowest again... Same the next 5 times I tried it

... Then I just clicked around the options to see if any of them would be saved... So I enabled "On an egde > Cursor movement"
And, ... this works, when Im on the edge of the touchpad with my finger, the cursor moves very slowly across the screen...
(Scrolling works as well, ... and clicking, either by tapping or with the buttons, too)
It also works with an external mouse...
So, ... I hope to have made it clear, that I tried everything I would know of, ... and now I request your help...

This is part of my /etc/X11/Xorg.conf

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
 Driver "synaptics"
 Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
 Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
 Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
 Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
 Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 Screen "Default Screen"
 InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

AFAIK there were no touchpad related changes in the recent updates...
Any help is appreciated, ... cause I really need my Eee

Titan

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#1

Is that an Asus eeePC?

Apparently there are so many know issues that Ubuntu has forked and got a new kernel bundled with various packages to take advantage of Asus' unique design
http://www.eeebuntu.org/

The good news is that if you are careful when you install Ubuntu over the top of itself you can sometimes just refresh and add things without losing favourite apps and data but you have to go through "Manual Partitioning" rather than "Guided" or "Automatic" a moments scare but then the options appear - make sure you look at what it's doing to each partition - make sure you see the tickbox empty beside the option to "Format this partition" and set the root partition /

Personally i would use your current setup to partition a small space off at the end of the drive and then copy the /home folder there or burn /home to cd or something before starting

Good luck and take care
Regards from
Tom

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Titan21 (feiler89) said : 		#2

Yes, It is the Asus Eee-PC, and, yes, I am using Eeebuntu...
But it's just normal Ubuntu with the netbook remix, ...
Or, kinda ^^

Yes, I could do this, .. but, ..
Well, I've been using Ubuntu for more than 5 months on my Eee now...
So, ... there should be a solution.
And, ... you know, it was all perfect the whole time, ...
so it has to be something related to a little software issue, or config, ... but I have't changed anything recently.
And I got my whole system configured, ... the way I want it, .. beyond my home-folder...
Like patched Atheros drivers, little scripts and stuff...

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#3

Ok, since you are already using Eeebuntu and anyway its been working fine for several months then you are fine staying as you are. /home folders are always a bit of a 'work in progress' ;)

When you bootup you get an option to enter Recovery Mode? That's usually worth a try?

In the X11 folder are there any backups of xorg such as xorg.bak or anything that might be worth looking in to see if there's a block of text about touchpad/mousepad? (that's different from what you've got already)

Is it possible to plug in and use a mouse? Is that what you're using at the moment?

I'm sorry but it's going to take me ages to look into this. Please consider a google search and the main forums on the Ubuntu websitte also
http://forum.eeebuntu.org/

It might also be worth posting this as a fresh question but perhaps keep the info really brief as its all here anyway.

Good luck with this
Regards from
Tom

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Titan21 (feiler89) said : 		#4

Okay, thanks for worrying about me, in first place :)
I got it running again now, although I'm pretty sure what I did, didn't fix the problem.
I had a look though my xorg.conf's, thy were nearly all dated the same, so the one my X-Server was using hasn't been changed recently. The only difference I noticed was the
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
line missing in the older configs...
So I removed it, and that got it running.
Another weird thing, before I tried this..
In the logon-screen I could use my touchpad without problems, .. as soon as I logged on, it stopped.

Anyway, now it's working, I'm Happy :)

Thanks a lot, Tom *thumbsup*

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#5

Cheers and nicely done

Welcome to Ubuntu
Regards from
Tom :)