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Touchpad doesn't work after started my session

Asked by Claudio

Hello people... This is my big problem... I have an Acer Aspire 5738 with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Before I enter to my session the touchpad works good. But, when I start my session it does not works anymore. The on/off button does not works too. Can you help me, guys?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Disable tap-to-click it can help

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Claudio (klaudiokorn) said : 		#2

How I can disable tap-to-click?? Sorry I am a new linux user...

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Claudio (klaudiokorn) said : 		#3

This save me:

This is a way to create a file that fixed my Aspire One, so I'm sharing it:

1 Open the Terminal
2 cd /etc/modprobe.d/
3 gksudo gedit options.conf
4 In the text editor, type: options psmouse proto=imps
5 Save the file and close it.
6 sudo modprobe -r psmouse
7 sudo modprobe psmouse

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Claudio (klaudiokorn) said : 		#4

answer from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=cec0ec3dc913c2a7b7e5579ce76e8609&t=2020719&page=2

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ubuntu+disable+tap+to+click

LOTS of answers there too.....

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Sharing is sweet. You can also do it by running:

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

:)