10.04 Touchpad not working

[Cloud Wolf]

Hey,

I run Windows 7 (Boo! Hiss!) on my netbook (HP Mini 311c), and I would like to dual boot with Ubuntu. Not the netbook remix, as I just don't like it.

I created a bootable USB with unetbootin, out of the iso, and loaded up. It all loaded fine, except for the fact that the touchpad didn't work. I had to ctrl+alt+del to shut down. What could be causing this?

Any help appreciated

[sanderd17]

Can you try to play a little with the boot options? press any key at the first boot screen to change the options. I would especially suggest the acpi=off option.

Hope this helps,
Sander

[Cloud Wolf]

I re-made the Liveusb, and it decided to work. Thanks anyway.

Just need to sort out my broadcom wireless card now...

[nikh123123]

For the googlers, who still have trouble with synaptic touchpads, refer to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...7?comments=all

Specifically to comment #9. It worked for me. (I installed gpointing-device-settings only. DIdn't need to install touchfreeze)

Now I'm at peace!

[maKiaveL]

For the googlers, who still have trouble with synaptic touchpads, refer to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...7?comments=all

Specifically to comment #9. It worked for me. (I installed gpointing-device-settings only. DIdn't need to install touchfreeze)

Now I'm at peace!

Worked fine for me! However, I installed both patches:
gpointing-device-settings && touchfreeze.

[nibiru]

From https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...7?comments=all comment #35 worked for me

You can write:
Code:

sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps

To make permanet include the last line in /etc/modprobe.d/options

[GlenMH]

#103 from that thread sorting things out on my Acer Aspire One D250

[ServantOfMaleldil]

Re. the aforementioned thread (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/549727?comments=all):

I'm running a Acer Aspire One 110 with Lucid (10.04), with all updates current.


I've had a non-functional touchpad since I installed Ubuntu on the AAO (v.8.xx), and nothing I've done has resuscitated it - until I read comment #93 in that thread, which has worked like a charm.

Hope this helps
SoM

[ZubZero]

deleting ~/.gconfd/saved_state
and setting
<entry name="touchpad_enabled" mtime="1283139756" type="bool" value="false"/>
to
<entry name="touchpad_enabled" mtime="1283139756" type="bool" value="true"/>
in ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/%gconf.xml worked for me.

[ankitsriv]

Thanks Nibiru. My tuchpad wrkin again.
But there is no file named options in my /etc/modprobe.d. cud u tell me how to make permanent then?
I m just a beginner in Linux!
contents of modprobe.d-
alsa-base.conf blacklist-firewire.conf blacklist-oss.conf
blacklist-ath_pci.conf blacklist-framebuffer.conf blacklist-watchdog.conf
blacklist.conf blacklist-modem.conf libpisock9.conf