Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu touchpad issues
OK, this is weird. I did as you suggested (thanks, Peter), and the mouse-related output in the log looked reasonably similar to the touchpad output- and whilst I was comparing the two, the touchpad started to work! So I unplugged the mouse and rebooted, and after logging in, the touchpad didn't work - for about three minutes, and then it was OK again. So there's some weird delay going on. Edwin On 26/02/12 12:37, Peter Barker wrote: Hi Edwin, The starting point for diagnosing the problem is to look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log. This shows what happened the last time you started X. There should be lines about all devices, for example: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass evdev touchpad catchall The external mouse will be in the log also, so you can see what sort of information is logged. Hopefully there will be some helpful error messages. With my install of Kubuntu 11.10 on a thinkpad everything just worked without installing any extra packages, or modifying grub parameters. Regards, Peter On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:45:53 AM Edwin Humphries wrote: G'day all, I'm wondering whether anyone has had success at resolving Ubuntu touchpad issues? My daughter and I both have dual-boot (Win7 64/Ubuntu 11.10 64) laptops; mine is an Acer Travelmate 5740 and hers a Fujitsu Lifebook S6410. the Acer has a Synaptic PS/2 touchpad, and the Fujitsu a Microsoft PS/2 touchpad. I can go into some detail on my case - her laptop's not here, but I'm hoping the fix will sort hers out as well. A USB wireless mouse plugged in to the Acer works fine; however nothing on the touchpad works. The Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server is installed and after installing tpconfig the Touchpad tab is present under Mouse and Touchpad settings. I installed gpointing-device-settings, which also recognises the device and provides for its configuration. But neither actually do anything. I've added 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=i8042.nopnp' to the grub conf, and the touchpad works at the login screen, so I'm assuming it's something associated with X, but I'm very inexpert in even understanding X, let alone debugging it, so: does anyone have ideas? attachment: edwinh.vcf-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Ubuntu touchpad issues
G'day all, I'm wondering whether anyone has had success at resolving Ubuntu touchpad issues? My daughter and I both have dual-boot (Win7 64/Ubuntu 11.10 64) laptops; mine is an Acer Travelmate 5740 and hers a Fujitsu Lifebook S6410. the Acer has a Synaptic PS/2 touchpad, and the Fujitsu a Microsoft PS/2 touchpad. I can go into some detail on my case - her laptop's not here, but I'm hoping the fix will sort hers out as well. A USB wireless mouse plugged in to the Acer works fine; however nothing on the touchpad works. The Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server is installed and after installing tpconfig the Touchpad tab is present under Mouse and Touchpad settings. I installed gpointing-device-settings, which also recognises the device and provides for its configuration. But neither actually do anything. I've added 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=i8042.nopnp' to the grub conf, and the touchpad works at the login screen, so I'm assuming it's something associated with X, but I'm very inexpert in even understanding X, let alone debugging it, so: does anyone have ideas? attachment: edwinh.vcf-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu touchpad issues
Hi Edwin, The starting point for diagnosing the problem is to look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log. This shows what happened the last time you started X. There should be lines about all devices, for example: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass evdev touchpad catchall The external mouse will be in the log also, so you can see what sort of information is logged. Hopefully there will be some helpful error messages. With my install of Kubuntu 11.10 on a thinkpad everything just worked without installing any extra packages, or modifying grub parameters. Regards, Peter On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:45:53 AM Edwin Humphries wrote: G'day all, I'm wondering whether anyone has had success at resolving Ubuntu touchpad issues? My daughter and I both have dual-boot (Win7 64/Ubuntu 11.10 64) laptops; mine is an Acer Travelmate 5740 and hers a Fujitsu Lifebook S6410. the Acer has a Synaptic PS/2 touchpad, and the Fujitsu a Microsoft PS/2 touchpad. I can go into some detail on my case - her laptop's not here, but I'm hoping the fix will sort hers out as well. A USB wireless mouse plugged in to the Acer works fine; however nothing on the touchpad works. The Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server is installed and after installing tpconfig the Touchpad tab is present under Mouse and Touchpad settings. I installed gpointing-device-settings, which also recognises the device and provides for its configuration. But neither actually do anything. I've added 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=i8042.nopnp' to the grub conf, and the touchpad works at the login screen, so I'm assuming it's something associated with X, but I'm very inexpert in even understanding X, let alone debugging it, so: does anyone have ideas? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu touchpad issues
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have an Aspire 5741 and the touchpad works fine most of the time. It does occasionally stop working but this is usually after some program has crashed. I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 with no special configuration options. Heracles On 26/02/12 11:45, Edwin Humphries wrote: G'day all, I'm wondering whether anyone has had success at resolving Ubuntu touchpad issues? My daughter and I both have dual-boot (Win7 64/Ubuntu 11.10 64) laptops; mine is an Acer Travelmate 5740 and hers a Fujitsu Lifebook S6410. the Acer has a Synaptic PS/2 touchpad, and the Fujitsu a Microsoft PS/2 touchpad. I can go into some detail on my case - her laptop's not here, but I'm hoping the fix will sort hers out as well. A USB wireless mouse plugged in to the Acer works fine; however nothing on the touchpad works. The Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server is installed and after installing tpconfig the Touchpad tab is present under Mouse and Touchpad settings. I installed gpointing-device-settings, which also recognises the device and provides for its configuration. But neither actually do anything. I've added 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=i8042.nopnp' to the grub conf, and the touchpad works at the login screen, so I'm assuming it's something associated with X, but I'm very inexpert in even understanding X, let alone debugging it, so: does anyone have ideas? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk9J1GsACgkQybPcBAs9CE8gkwCfaBv33bbhlKmoBIRVHeOMLFQE xy4AoK0iBZG36m/nYQAN/Aed4TpZb6R8 =25rS -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
