On Monday 04 Apr 2016 15:15:36 Ally Biggs wrote:
> Have you tried it on another O/S? / live distro. Could also be a sign of
> liquid damage just chucking some ideas out there
Not tried another OS yet, but as it's running Debian stable and as I've not
done anything too it, I don't think it's software, but I can always try to boot
it off a live USB disk (it has no optical drive).
Definitely no liquid damage, it's in near mint condition considering it's age.
I've even teased open the case and the ribbon cables look good.
As I said the buttons work fine and the FN+F1 combination still works at
turning the touch pad on and off...
> > From: adam.trickett@???
> > To: hampshire@???
> > Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 11:52:58 +0100
> > Subject: [Hampshire] Dead touch pad on laptop that use to work okay
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've a 6 year old Novatech laptop and the touch pad just stopped
> > responding.
> >
> > I can still see that the kernel has detected an touch pad device and the
> > buttons in it still work, as does the Fn+F1 to turn it on and off (well it
> > turns the buttons on and off). I can use a external mouse - which is
> > better in most respects - but it's still annoying.
> >
> > Anyone have any bright ideas? It's not been dropped, abused or had any
> > significant changes made to it. It us running Debian stable.
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