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dr0p

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From: Seattle, WA, USA

Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 120

[Solved] Trackpad stopped functioning...

Okay, so recently my laptop had a 4 day uptime so I decided to let it off for a night, so I ran a -Syu (xorg-server was updated, I remember that) and then turned it off. When I turned it on today, my trackpad doesn't move the mouse, however the two buttons still function fine. I am completely lost as I have no idea where to go with this, any suggestions? I really hate using a mouse with a laptop.

Last edited by dr0p (2009-08-07 10:15:13)

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keenerd

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Registered: 2007-02-22

Posts: 647

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Re: [Solved] Trackpad stopped functioning...

You can get a more detailed history of what you installed in /var/log/pacman.log

Any funny messages in /var/log/Xorg.*.log ?

Do you have any custom fdi files to enable extra touchpad features?  Try removing them.

And for the most useless suggestion you will get, install this:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16885

dr0p

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From: Seattle, WA, USA

Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 120

Re: [Solved] Trackpad stopped functioning...

Nothing out of the ordinary, and no, no extra touchpad features.

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jbusch

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Registered: 2009-01-27

Posts: 20

Re: [Solved] Trackpad stopped functioning...

I had something similar happen recently.  If my memory serves me right, I downloaded the touchpad synaptics package and added a section to my xorg.conf to fix it:

pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Touchpad"
    Driver "synaptics"
    Option "Device" "/dev/mice"
EndSection

I probably should have pursued the issue further, but my quick fix worked, so I didn't think twice about it.  Hopefully this helps you.

- J

edit:  Apparently my xorg.conf had a section for mice before, but it used the driver "mouse" instead of "synaptics".  Not sure why this worked before and not now?

Last edited by jbusch (2009-08-07 01:25:36)

dr0p

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From: Seattle, WA, USA

Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 120

Re: [Solved] Trackpad stopped functioning...

Thanks, it worked ^_^

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