The latest articles on Forem by akarsh77 (@akarsh77). https://forem.com/akarsh77 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F194694%2F7bdc88e1-98d2-449b-af9b-14c5c917d50f.png https://forem.com/akarsh77 en akarsh77 Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:58:42 +0000 https://forem.com/akarsh77/does-your-laptop-touch-pad-becomes-unresponsive-or-gets-stuck-in-ubuntu-or-ubuntu-based-systems-1npm https://forem.com/akarsh77/does-your-laptop-touch-pad-becomes-unresponsive-or-gets-stuck-in-ubuntu-or-ubuntu-based-systems-1npm <p>Some devices running <strong>Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS</strong> and also <strong>Ubuntu based</strong> systems have touchpad issues when the system is put into Lock/ Hibernation mode. The mouse pointer becomes unusable. </p> <p>This problem persists despite running on Kernel 5.4.</p> <p>A quick, yet temporary fix is to reinstall the mouse drivers.</p> <p>Now, since your mouse is stuck you can use your keyboard to launch the gnome-terminal using shortcut <code>Ctrl + t</code> and fire up the commands :<br> </p> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="nb">sudo </span>modprobe <span class="nt">-r</span> psmouse <span class="nb">sudo </span>modprobe psmouse </code></pre></div> <p>Ta-da! Now your touchpad is back in action.</p> <p><em>This also applies to systems running <strong>Debian</strong> OS too.</em></p> ubuntu debian popos touchpad