[ltp] trackpoint, touchpad, and buttons suddenly dead

[David Griffith]

On Sat, 26 Aug 2017, Andreas Ronnquist wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Aug 2017 11:38:11 +0000 (UTC),
> David Griffith<dave at 661.org> wrote:
>
>> While I was using my T420, the touchpad suddenly stopped responding,
>> as did the mouse buttons and trackpoint.  The output of xinput shows
>> no PS/2 keyboard/mouse interface available.  The output of lsmod shows
>> that the psmouse module is unused.  I checked the BIOS to see if
>> somehow these got turned off.  I turned them off, rebooted, then
>> rebooted again, and turned them back on again.  I removed the hard
>> drive and inserted a Windows 7 hard drive I keep around for when I
>> need to use Windows on this laptop. Still nothing.  All this while,
>> the keyboard has continued to function as expected.
>>
>> What could have caused the ps/2 mouse interface to fail like this?
>
> I run into the same problem quite often with my T420 - but I
> probably don't notice it as much, since I most often use Synergy [1]
> for my mouse and keyboard on the laptop. As in your case, when I run
> into this, a reboot isn't enough to get it working, but I do get the
> touchpad and the other stuff working when I put the computer into
> hibernate, and get it back up.
>
> 1: https://symless.com/synergy

Hibernation and back doesn't help.  I'm thinking the motherboard is slowly 
dying.  I've had unexplained freezes for several months now, which I 
suspect are related.

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David Griffith
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