pooja
October 22nd, 2011, 04:24 PM
Hi there!
I have an HP Pavilion dv6385ea laptop (bought in mid 2007) with Ubuntu 11.10. I've actually recently upgraded from 11.04. The mouse touchpad didn't work then and surely doesn't work now except the fact that when Ubuntu 11.10 asks for the login password, the touchpad works perfectly. Once I enter Ubuntu, it stops working and I have to plug in a USB external mouse in order to move around. I'd prefer using the touchpad mouse because it consumes less battery power than the external mouse.
I tried some tweaks I found on the Internet but the problem persists. There's clearly something in the OS that needs to be configured otherwise why should it work before logging in?
Can anyone please help with this problem? I know I'm not the only one with this issue.
I have an HP Pavilion dv6385ea laptop (bought in mid 2007) with Ubuntu 11.10. I've actually recently upgraded from 11.04. The mouse touchpad didn't work then and surely doesn't work now except the fact that when Ubuntu 11.10 asks for the login password, the touchpad works perfectly. Once I enter Ubuntu, it stops working and I have to plug in a USB external mouse in order to move around. I'd prefer using the touchpad mouse because it consumes less battery power than the external mouse.
I tried some tweaks I found on the Internet but the problem persists. There's clearly something in the OS that needs to be configured otherwise why should it work before logging in?
Can anyone please help with this problem? I know I'm not the only one with this issue.