How to fix a touchpad that stops working after logging in to Ubuntu



 
A puzzling problem you may have on your Linux laptop is when the touchpad stops working after logging in. Here's a way to fix it.

The touchpad will work fine when viewing the login screen, but once logging in to GNOME and the GNOME startup sound plays, the touchpad stops working. The touchpad stops working. So do the buttons.

The easy way to get this fixed is to open a terminal (or hit CTRL+ALT+F1 in order to get a login prompt), and then once logged in, run the following command:

 

gconftool-2 --set --type boolean /desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad_enabled true

After that, the touchpad should work.

 

 

 

Wei, 28-01-11 08:04:
thank you so much! worked like a charm!
inhuman, 20-02-11 19:25:
THanks a lot for the tip
D, 08-04-11 07:02:
Thank you so much. It was right on, this puzzled me for hours...
D, 08-04-11 07:03:
This worked perfectly, thanks so much.

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