It can be temporary resolved by adding this at the end of the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst
i8042.reset
And then : sudo update-grub
My kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst is like this :
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=a227e05a-2b8d-498f-a548-95bf582656e2 ro quiet splash i8042.reset
It can be temporary resolved by adding this at the end of the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst
i8042.reset
And then : sudo update-grub
My kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst is like this : 2.6.28- 11-generic root=UUID= a227e05a- 2b8d-498f- a548-95bf582656 e2 ro quiet splash i8042.reset
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-