is my touchpad dying? Gentoo Linux

Posted by Walter White on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Walter White
Published on 2011-02-11T15:15:28Z Indexed on 2011/02/11 15:27 UTC
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Hi all,

My touchpad on my laptop appears to be no longer functioning. I typically use an external keyboard and mouse so I didn't notice the problem until I tried to use the touchpad.

Even after toggling the on/off switch several times, the touchpad still doesn't work.

In the logs, I see something about cannot read byte from synaptics device.

I will post the full logs when I am in front of my machine.

Thanks,

Walter

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