laptop trackpad won't work after sleep

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When I close my laptop lid and wait for it to sleep, the track pad won't work when I open it back up. I have no clue where to start with this.Please help.
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    When I close my laptop lid and wait for it to sleep, the track pad won't work when I open it back up. I have no clue where to start with this.Please help.
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      When I close my laptop lid and wait for it to sleep, the track pad won't work when I open it back up. I have no clue where to start with this.Please help.
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      When I close my laptop lid and wait for it to sleep, the track pad won't work when I open it back up. I have no clue where to start with this.Please help.
      It is an old gateway with linux mint 18.2









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          Does your laptop have a synaptics touchpad (try running synclient -l) before a sleep event to see if the client responds.



          When your touchpad fails to work, can you try the following please as root:



          modprobe -r psmouse
          modprobe psmouse





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          • synclient -l does not work after sleep but it does before
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:06










          • no response from modprobe -r psmouse modprobe psmouse
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:22










          • also I was rooted
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:23










          • Since synclient worked before and not after, I think you'll need to unload the mouse/touchpad module after sleep followed by a reload. I am not able to tell you which module your kernel has loaded for the mouse, but sometimes you can find it easily with lsmod | grep -i mouse.
            – Ed Neville
            Nov 19 '17 at 17:45










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          Does your laptop have a synaptics touchpad (try running synclient -l) before a sleep event to see if the client responds.



          When your touchpad fails to work, can you try the following please as root:



          modprobe -r psmouse
          modprobe psmouse





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          • synclient -l does not work after sleep but it does before
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:06










          • no response from modprobe -r psmouse modprobe psmouse
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:22










          • also I was rooted
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:23










          • Since synclient worked before and not after, I think you'll need to unload the mouse/touchpad module after sleep followed by a reload. I am not able to tell you which module your kernel has loaded for the mouse, but sometimes you can find it easily with lsmod | grep -i mouse.
            – Ed Neville
            Nov 19 '17 at 17:45














          up vote
          0
          down vote













          Does your laptop have a synaptics touchpad (try running synclient -l) before a sleep event to see if the client responds.



          When your touchpad fails to work, can you try the following please as root:



          modprobe -r psmouse
          modprobe psmouse





          share|improve this answer




















          • synclient -l does not work after sleep but it does before
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:06










          • no response from modprobe -r psmouse modprobe psmouse
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:22










          • also I was rooted
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:23










          • Since synclient worked before and not after, I think you'll need to unload the mouse/touchpad module after sleep followed by a reload. I am not able to tell you which module your kernel has loaded for the mouse, but sometimes you can find it easily with lsmod | grep -i mouse.
            – Ed Neville
            Nov 19 '17 at 17:45












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          Does your laptop have a synaptics touchpad (try running synclient -l) before a sleep event to see if the client responds.



          When your touchpad fails to work, can you try the following please as root:



          modprobe -r psmouse
          modprobe psmouse





          share|improve this answer












          Does your laptop have a synaptics touchpad (try running synclient -l) before a sleep event to see if the client responds.



          When your touchpad fails to work, can you try the following please as root:



          modprobe -r psmouse
          modprobe psmouse






          share|improve this answer












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          answered Nov 18 '17 at 17:47









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          • synclient -l does not work after sleep but it does before
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:06










          • no response from modprobe -r psmouse modprobe psmouse
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:22










          • also I was rooted
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:23










          • Since synclient worked before and not after, I think you'll need to unload the mouse/touchpad module after sleep followed by a reload. I am not able to tell you which module your kernel has loaded for the mouse, but sometimes you can find it easily with lsmod | grep -i mouse.
            – Ed Neville
            Nov 19 '17 at 17:45
















          • synclient -l does not work after sleep but it does before
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:06










          • no response from modprobe -r psmouse modprobe psmouse
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:22










          • also I was rooted
            – scott
            Nov 18 '17 at 18:23










          • Since synclient worked before and not after, I think you'll need to unload the mouse/touchpad module after sleep followed by a reload. I am not able to tell you which module your kernel has loaded for the mouse, but sometimes you can find it easily with lsmod | grep -i mouse.
            – Ed Neville
            Nov 19 '17 at 17:45















          synclient -l does not work after sleep but it does before
          – scott
          Nov 18 '17 at 18:06




          synclient -l does not work after sleep but it does before
          – scott
          Nov 18 '17 at 18:06












          no response from modprobe -r psmouse modprobe psmouse
          – scott
          Nov 18 '17 at 18:22




          no response from modprobe -r psmouse modprobe psmouse
          – scott
          Nov 18 '17 at 18:22












          also I was rooted
          – scott
          Nov 18 '17 at 18:23




          also I was rooted
          – scott
          Nov 18 '17 at 18:23












          Since synclient worked before and not after, I think you'll need to unload the mouse/touchpad module after sleep followed by a reload. I am not able to tell you which module your kernel has loaded for the mouse, but sometimes you can find it easily with lsmod | grep -i mouse.
          – Ed Neville
          Nov 19 '17 at 17:45




          Since synclient worked before and not after, I think you'll need to unload the mouse/touchpad module after sleep followed by a reload. I am not able to tell you which module your kernel has loaded for the mouse, but sometimes you can find it easily with lsmod | grep -i mouse.
          – Ed Neville
          Nov 19 '17 at 17:45

















           

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