Comment 83 for bug 59867

Jeremy,

The exact same thing happens to me, using a Gateway 8510GZ, which is a
similar laptop to yours, and uses synaptics drivers. The above two
suggestions stopped my keyboard from resuming as well.

--Arlin

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 3:10 AM, Jeremy Wilkins <email address hidden> wrote:

> I am suffering a similar problem with a Gateway MX6433 laptop. It uses
> the synaptics drivers, but using the above two suggestions did not fix
> it. in fact it made the problem worse because the keyboard failed to
> resume as well.
>
> --
> Synaptics touchpad ceases functioning after suspend and resume.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59867
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>
> Status in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “cruft” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Status in “linux-source-2.6.20” source package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> After suspending the notebook, resume works fine except that the Synaptics
> touchpad no longer responds to any input.
>
> Restarting the X server does not help.
>
> Attempting to cat /dev/input/mice at the console and then moving the
> touchpad does not show any input being received. The touchpad which had been
> /dev/input/mouse0 is no longer listed after the resume.
>
> This bug was present in Dapper and still exists in the current (2006-09-11)
> build of Edgy as well.
>
> Gateway MX6625 Notebook
> Centrino Chipset
> Synaptics Touchpad
>