mouse and keyboard don't work [i8042]
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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elementary OS |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
System is an Asus EeePC 1225B. Upon booting the live usb disk, touchpad and keyboard don't work. Can't do anything.
Shut down and plug usb mouse. Boot usb disk again and the external usb mouse works (touchpad and keyboard still no go). I start the OS instalation setup and surprise surprise, both touchpad and keyboard start to work. I unplug the usb mouse and everything continues to work. Setup is completed, reboots system, everything is fine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.2
Package: elementary-desktop 1.284-0~
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.315+elementar
CrashDB: elementary_meta
Date: Sun Nov 25 01:00:02 2012
LiveMediaBuild: elementary OS 0.2 "Luna" - Beta 1 amd64 (20121114)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: elementary-meta
SuspiciousXErrors:
ThirdParty: True
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
affects: | linux (Ubuntu) → elementaryos |
Changed in elementaryos: | |
importance: | Medium → Undecided |
status: | Confirmed → New |
Ok, I managed to solve this. In my report I stated, after having the OS installed, everything worked fine. Well, it didn't. I had the usb mouse connected and thought the problem was solved, but as soon as I used the touchpad I noticed it didn't work. Same with the keyboard.
Anyway, I found quite a few similar reports from ubuntu users. The sugested fix was to edit /etc/default/grub, updating the GRUB_CMDLINE_ LINUX_DEFAULT line to: GRUB_CMDLINE_ LINUX_DEFAULT= "quiet splash i8042.reset i8042.nomux" and run update-grub. After rebooting, both keyboard and touchpad work fine. I'm happy! :D