[SOLVED] Touchpad will not move

[Narvey]

I have Lucid on a netbook and my cursor will not move when I try to use the touchpad. The funny thing is that the buttons still work but I have to move the mouse via Alt-F12 (mouse emulation).

I tried rebooting but it doesn't make a difference.

I'm using Kubuntu 10.04
on an Asus EeePC Seashell
with 1GB of RAM
32 bit ATOM processor

P.S. I'm new to this forum. Sorry if I am missing info or put this in the wrong forum.

[kapil]

Re: Touchpad will not move

is the touchpad button in active mode?
once it happened with me.. so asking :P

[Narvey]

Re: Touchpad will not move

Actually, now that you mention it, that is another problem. My touchpad disabler button doesn't even work. Even if I do sudo acpi-listen it doesn't even recognize my touchpad disabler button.

If anybody has any ideas as to what's going wrong OR how to fix it, they would be greatly appreciated.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Touchpad will not move

Are you saying that the touchpad control in system settings does not turn it on?

[Narvey]

Re: Touchpad will not move

Are you saying that the touchpad control in system settings does not turn it on?

Yes.
Even if I go into system settings and turn the touchpad off (and check "allow moving") it doesn't work, and when I turn it back on, it doesn't work.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Touchpad will not move

Do you have

xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
and
kcm-touchpad

installed?

Open Synaptics and enter "touchpad" in the search bar. Click on the first column ("s") to sort them by installation and put installed apps at the top of the list. If their boxes are green they are installed.

[zlow]

Re: Touchpad will not move

I have Lucid on a netbook and my cursor will not move when I try to use the touchpad. The funny thing is that the buttons still work but I have to move the mouse via Alt-F12 (mouse emulation).

I tried rebooting but it doesn't make a difference.

I'm using Kubuntu 10.04
on an Asus EeePC Seashell
with 1GB of RAM
32 bit ATOM processor

P.S. I'm new to this forum. Sorry if I am missing info or put this in the wrong forum.

Two questions: First, Have you installed any new software recently? Second, was it working at one time and then suddenly stopped?

Now a statement: Have you tried booting to live media or to your Windows partition to see if it is working there?

[Narvey]

Re: Touchpad will not move

Two questions: First, Have you installed any new software recently? Second, was it working at one time and then suddenly stopped?

Now a statement: Have you tried booting to live media or to your Windows partition to see if it is working there?

First, I don't think I have installed any new software right before it stopped working.

Second, yes, at one time it worked fairly well, but I've never been able to get two-finger scrolling to work.

yes, it works in Windows.

[zlow]

Re: Touchpad will not move

Two questions: First, Have you installed any new software recently? Second, was it working at one time and then suddenly stopped?

Now a statement: Have you tried booting to live media or to your Windows partition to see if it is working there?

First, I don't think I have installed any new software right before it stopped working.

Second, yes, at one time it worked fairly well, but I've never been able to get two-finger scrolling to work.

yes, it works in Windows.

What is the output of these two commands:

synclient -l
xinput list

[Narvey]

Re: Touchpad will not move

What is the output of these two commands:

synclient -l
xinput list

First, an interesting observation. When I first boot up Kubuntu, before I log in, the mouse works, and continues working until right as KDE loads. As soon as KDE is finished loading, the mouse stops working.

Now what you asked for.

synclient -l gives:
Parameter settings:
LeftEdge = 1752
RightEdge = 5192
TopEdge = 1620
BottomEdge = 4236
FingerLow = 101
FingerHigh = 106
FingerPress = 255
MaxTapTime = 180
MaxTapMove = 221
MaxDoubleTapTime = 180
SingleTapTimeout = 180
ClickTime = 200
FastTaps = 0
EmulateMidButtonTime = 75
EmulateTwoFingerMinZ = 280
EmulateTwoFingerMinW = 7
VertScrollDelta = 201
HorizScrollDelta = 223
VertEdgeScroll = 1
HorizEdgeScroll = 1
CornerCoasting = 0
VertTwoFingerScroll = 0
HorizTwoFingerScroll = 0
MinSpeed = 0.4
MaxSpeed = 0.7
AccelFactor = 0.00995223
TrackstickSpeed = 40
EdgeMotionMinZ = 29
EdgeMotionMaxZ = 159
EdgeMotionMinSpeed = 1
EdgeMotionMaxSpeed = 401
EdgeMotionUseAlways = 0
UpDownScrolling = 1
LeftRightScrolling = 1
UpDownScrollRepeat = 1
LeftRightScrollRepeat = 1
ScrollButtonRepeat = 100
TouchpadOff = 0
GuestMouseOff = 0
LockedDrags = 0
LockedDragTimeout = 5000
RTCornerButton = 0
RBCornerButton = 0
LTCornerButton = 0
LBCornerButton = 0
TapButton1 = 1
TapButton2 = 2
TapButton3 = 0
ClickFinger1 = 1
ClickFinger2 = 1
ClickFinger3 = 1
CircularScrolling = 0
CircScrollDelta = 30
CircScrollTrigger = 0
CircularPad = 0
PalmDetect = 0
PalmMinWidth = 10
PalmMinZ = 199
CoastingSpeed = 0
PressureMotionMinZ = 29
PressureMotionMaxZ = 159
PressureMotionMinFactor = 1
PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1
GrabEventDevice = 1
TapAndDragGesture = 1
AreaLeftEdge = 0
AreaRightEdge = 0
AreaTopEdge = 0
AreaBottomEdge = 0
JumpyCursorThreshold = 0
=========================================
and xinput list gives:

⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Macintosh mouse button emulation id=13 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ USB 2.0 Camera id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]

[zlow]

Re: Touchpad will not move

What is the output of these two commands:

synclient -l
xinput list

First, an interesting observation. When I first boot up Kubuntu, before I log in, the mouse works, and continues working until right as KDE loads. As soon as KDE is finished loading, the mouse stops working.

Now what you asked for.

The output is no longer needed. You have configured something in KDE or another application that is disabling your touchpad when you log in.

[Narvey]

Re: Touchpad will not move

What is the output of these two commands:

synclient -l
xinput list

First, an interesting observation. When I first boot up Kubuntu, before I log in, the mouse works, and continues working until right as KDE loads. As soon as KDE is finished loading, the mouse stops working.

Now what you asked for.

The output is no longer needed. You have configured something in KDE or another application that is disabling your touchpad when you log in.

That's probably right, but how do I find the culprit?

[askrieger]

Re: Touchpad will not move

I haven't the slightest clue to what's causing your problem, but, based on general troubleshooting principals, I'd look through "System Settings" (taking notes as I went) until something worked (or your computer bursts into flames).

Please report your solution, back here, when you find it, so that other folks won't have to go through the same thing.

[Narvey]

Re: Touchpad will not move

OK, here's my idea. It seems that other users (root, in particular) have the touchpad working on their account on this computer, but some settings in my account are keeping the touchpad from moving.

So, what I need from y'all is a way to copy all settings related to the touchpad/mouse from another user's account to mine. If I can't copy it from root, I have another user on my machine that I can try.

Is there anyone who knows how to do this?

[Guest]

Re: Touchpad will not move

I solved this by accident. At least in my case it had to with the sensitivity of the touchpad.

You have to go to System Settings - Keyboard & Mouse

In the touchpad section you have to adjust 'Touch Sensitivity'. I set mine to the next stop from Low. And it started working again.