Touchpad doesn't work on startup but does on reboot

[stevebag]

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad Twist. This problem began while running 13.10, I tried to resolve it on my own, then decided to wait and see if an upgrade to 14.04 would solve it. It didn't.

When I initially boot up, the cursor appears on the login screen, doesn't function, then disappears upon login. I have no touchpad functions whatsoever. When I restart the computer, the touchpad works fine. One of the screenshots is startup, other is reboot.
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If I run System Settings>Mouse and Touchpad there are no Touchpad options that appear. They are simply missing.
If I run dconf, all the right options do appear and are checked.
If I run synclient TouchpadOff=0 in terminal I get the response: couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?

It isn't a big deal because I can get the touchpad to run perfectly upon restart, but it is an irritation.

Any ideas/help greatly appreciated.

[stevebag]

It seems to me that it could be a simple fix: is there a different script for startup and restart? If I could compare those files would that give me a clue? If the drivers not being loaded properly on startup could I write a script that would load the synaptics driver?

[stevebag]

This post was made on Ask Ubuntu in October with the same problem

http://askubuntu.com/questions/354305/mouse-and-keyboard-dont-work-from-shutdown-do-work-from-restart

as well as this one on the forums from back in September.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2177295.

Any ideas?

[vincent_lin3]

Did a google search on linux mint instead, and came up with this:

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=157115&p=813402&hilit=thinkpad+twist+touchpad#p813402


It works on my ThinkPad Twist with i5. I hope it works on yours.

Vincent

[stevebag]

Vincent!!!

Thanks, that works.

Amazing that such a small thing can bring such great happiness.

Again here is the link: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=157115&p=813402&hilit=thinkpad+twist+touchpad#p813402

Here is the solution:

1. Run the following command in terminal:
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

2. The GRUB configuration file should open. Locate the following line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=" "

3. Add this into the parameters:
i8042.nomux=1 locale=fr_FR i8042.reset

4. The final line should look like this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="i8042.nomux=1 locale=fr_FR i8042.reset"

5. Save the file and exit gedit.

6. Run the following command in terminal:
sudo update-grub

7. Let the grub.conf file get recreated, and then restart.