trackpad doesn't work on random boots, is there a command to reload.. ?

[dustynus]

Rebooting fixes, but it's kinda a nuissance when I boot and then have no mouse.

Is there a command I can do to reload the trackpad modules?

[cyberdork33]

Rebooting fixes, but it's kinda a nuissance when I boot and then have no mouse.

Is there a command I can do to reload the trackpad modules?
It would be 100x more helpful if you posted what hardware you are on :)

Are there any messages in dmesg that seem to indicate a problem with the trackpad?

[dustynus]

I'm on a macbook 2,1.
running hardy 8.04

Same thing happened in gutsy as well, it just happens on occasion.
I'm also using volanin's trackpad package from:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=790589&highlight=dustynus

It seems like it's just not loading the trackpad modules or something.

I'll post a dmesg next time it happens.

[cyberdork33]

when it doesn't work, make sure that appletouch is loaded.

[idrake]

Rebooting fixes, but it's kinda a nuissance when I boot and then have no mouse.

Is there a command I can do to reload the trackpad modules?

I know this problem. It occurs on my Mac if I dissable the autostart of gdm on bootup and start gdm or X11 later on manually.

Just reload the appletouch driver:

sudo modprobe -r appletouch

sudo modprobe appletouch


If the your mouse is unusually slow afterwards, changing to the terminal (by strg - alt - fn -f1 / strg - alt - f5) and back to X11 (strg - alt - fn - f7) fixes this for me.

[dustynus]

Thanks, that's what I was looking for, I wasn't sure what module is was that took care of the trackpad.