[CentOS] Problem with touchpad

Tue Aug 6 09:41:39 UTC 2013
Ahmed <ahmed.daud500 at gmail.com>

On 08/06/2013 01:35 PM, Rob Kampen wrote:
> On 08/06/2013 05:20 PM, Ahmed wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>>      i recently installed centos 6 64bit version on my HPProBook4530s
>> Laptop. After running full system update and system restarted, my touch
>> pad is not responding any more. How can i fix this problem?
> Implication is that it was working before the update?
> If so, reboot and load the prior kernel (select from grub menu)
> Then can use lsmod to show what drivers are loaded, although if it is 
> a precomipled driver it does not show.
> A reboot into the new kernel and a compare of the lsmod results should 
> show the missing driver.
> If it is pre-compiled into the kernel, one will need to examine the 
> kernel source docs to see what they changed - this will need help from 
> someone else as I've only done this twice and it takes some steps that 
> I do not recall.
> HTH
>> Kind Regards
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Thanks for reply.
1- yeah touch pad was working before i applied system updates.

My old config was as follows

 >uname -a

Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri May 20 
03:51:51 BST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
-------------------------------------------------------------------
 >lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by

fuse                   66138  0
drm_kms_helper         32113  0
drm                   200778  1 drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            5664  0
sco                    18099  2
bridge                 74113  0
bnep                   16528  2
l2cap                  56128  3 bnep
autofs4                27683  3
sunrpc                241630  1
fcoe                   21769  0
libfcoe                16181  1 fcoe
libfc                  93401  2 fcoe,libfcoe
scsi_transport_fc      50893  2 fcoe,libfc
scsi_tgt               12107  1 scsi_transport_fc
8021q                  24221  0
garp                    7310  1 8021q
stp                     2107  2 bridge,garp
llc                     5608  3 bridge,garp,stp
cpufreq_ondemand       10382  4
acpi_cpufreq            8593  0
freq_table              4847  2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
ipt_REJECT              2349  2
nf_conntrack_ipv4       9440  2
nf_defrag_ipv4          1449  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
iptable_filter          2759  1
ip_tables              17733  1 iptable_filter
ip6t_REJECT             4562  2
nf_conntrack_ipv6      19655  2
xt_state                1458  4
nf_conntrack           79643  3 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state
ip6table_filter         2855  1
ip6_tables             19392  1 ip6table_filter
ipv6                  321209  44 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
dm_mirror              14003  0
dm_region_hash         12200  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                 10088  2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
uinput                  8182  0
hp_accel               12136  0
lis3lv02d               7636  1 hp_accel
input_polldev           3106  1 lis3lv02d
wmi                     6221  0
btusb                  17047  0
bluetooth              99482  6 sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
uvcvideo               61644  0
videodev               38980  1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32     7145  1 videodev
i2c_core               31274  4 drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,videodev
sg                     30186  0
microcode             112877  0
serio_raw               4816  0
r8169                  39870  0
mii                     5205  1 r8169
iTCO_wdt               11708  0
iTCO_vendor_support     3022  1 iTCO_wdt
arc4                    1441  2
ecb                     2175  2
ath9k                 289429  0
mac80211              146065  1 ath9k
ath                     9659  1 ath9k
cfg80211              138993  3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
rfkill                 19617  3 bluetooth,cfg80211
snd_hda_codec_idt      62684  0
snd_hda_intel          25194  3
snd_hda_codec          82097  2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6746  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq                56557  0
snd_seq_device          6626  1 snd_seq
snd_pcm                84700  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              23087  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    70021  14 
snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               8052  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          8628  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ext4                  353979  3
mbcache                 7918  1 ext4
jbd2                   89033  1 ext4
cryptd                  7940  0
aes_x86_64              7880  2
aes_generic            27575  1 aes_x86_64
xts                     2591  1
gf128mul                8535  1 xts
dm_crypt               12860  1
sr_mod                 16162  0
cdrom                  39769  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 37221  3
crc_t10dif              1507  1 sd_mod
ahci                   39105  2
sdhci_pci               7323  0
sdhci                  20561  1 sdhci_pci
mmc_core               72893  1 sdhci
video                  20966  0
output                  2471  1 video
dm_mod                 76856  14 dm_mirror,dm_log,dm_crypt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My new configs after i applied system updates

 >uname -a

Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 16 
23:51:20 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 >lsmod
---------------lsmod output after kernel updated ----------------------
Module                  Size  Used by
fuse                   69253  0
sco                    18005  2
bridge                 79078  0
bnep                   16690  2
l2cap                  55682  3 bnep
autofs4                26513  3
sunrpc                261235  1
bnx2fc                 88200  0
cnic                   55511  1 bnx2fc
uio                    10462  1 cnic
fcoe                   22398  0
libfcoe                40649  2 bnx2fc,fcoe
libfc                 108313  3 bnx2fc,fcoe,libfcoe
scsi_transport_fc      55299  3 bnx2fc,fcoe,libfc
scsi_tgt               12077  1 scsi_transport_fc
8021q                  25317  0
garp                    7152  1 8021q
stp                     2218  2 bridge,garp
llc                     5546  3 bridge,garp,stp
cpufreq_ondemand       10544  4
acpi_cpufreq            7763  0
freq_table              4936  2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
mperf                   1557  1 acpi_cpufreq
ipt_REJECT              2351  2
nf_conntrack_ipv4       9506  2
nf_defrag_ipv4          1483  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
iptable_filter          2793  1
ip_tables              17831  1 iptable_filter
ip6t_REJECT             4628  2
nf_conntrack_ipv6       8748  2
nf_defrag_ipv6         11182  1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
xt_state                1492  4
nf_conntrack           79645  3 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state
ip6table_filter         2889  1
ip6_tables             19458  1 ip6table_filter
ipv6                  321454  46 
cnic,ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6,nf_defrag_ipv6
uinput                  7992  0
hp_accel               12170  0
lis3lv02d               7670  1 hp_accel
input_polldev           3044  1 lis3lv02d
btusb                  16851  0
bluetooth              99239  6 sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
uvcvideo               62688  0
videodev               75708  1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32     7110  1 videodev
sg                     29350  0
microcode             112653  0
serio_raw               4594  0
iTCO_wdt               14990  0
iTCO_vendor_support     3088  1 iTCO_wdt
xhci_hcd              142149  0
r8169                  60023  0
mii                     5376  1 r8169
arc4                    1475  2
ath9k                  94823  0
mac80211              457614  1 ath9k
ath9k_common            3419  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              374172  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath                    17790  3 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw
cfg80211              193215  3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
rfkill                 19255  3 bluetooth,cfg80211
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     26157  1
snd_hda_codec_idt      63594  1
snd_hda_intel          27823  3
snd_hda_codec         121518  3 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6652  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq                55759  0
snd_seq_device          6500  1 snd_seq
snd_pcm                86635  3 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              22411  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    69907  15 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               7958  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          8470  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ext4                  363408  3
mbcache                 8193  1 ext4
jbd2                   90230  1 ext4
cryptd                  8006  0
aes_x86_64              7961  2
aes_generic            27609  1 aes_x86_64
xts                     2657  1
gf128mul                7961  1 xts
dm_crypt               12894  1
sd_mod                 38976  3
crc_t10dif              1541  1 sd_mod
sr_mod                 15177  0
cdrom                  39085  1 sr_mod
ahci                   41127  2
sdhci_pci               8127  0
sdhci                  24805  1 sdhci_pci
mmc_core               76925  1 sdhci
wmi                     6287  0
i915                  537570  2
drm_kms_helper         40087  1 i915
drm                   265638  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            5935  1 i915
i2c_core               31084  5 
videodev,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
video                  20674  1 i915
output                  2409  1 video
dm_mirror              14133  0
dm_region_hash         12085  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                  9930  2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
dm_mod                 82839  14 dm_crypt,dm_mirror,dm_log
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