Comments on: touchpad update – ensuring “i8042.nomux” is not removed when your kernel is updated

By: ubuntu 9.10 (karmic koala) beta on the kogan agora « kogan agora netbook

ubuntu 9.10 (karmic koala) beta on the kogan agora « kogan agora netbook — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:54:21 +0000

[...] comment in a previous blog entry on this site asks how to configure the touchpad in GRUB2. I am yet to investigate this, however is anyone has any info, please post [...]

By: kayno

kayno — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:36:28 +0000

Steph – check out http://agoranetbook.kayno.net/2010/07/23/upgrading-ubuntu-10-04-to-grub-2/. Hopefully it has something that will help you, otherwise get back to me and I’ll see if I can help some more.

By: kayno

kayno — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:35:54 +0000

Nickamc – check out http://agoranetbook.kayno.net/2010/07/23/upgrading-ubuntu-10-04-to-grub-2/. Hopefully it has something that will help you, otherwise get back to me and I’ll see if I can help some more.

By: Nickamc

Nickamc — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:28:00 +0000

Yeah the fact that this isn’t updated anymore is really frustrating. 10.04 has been out for months now and neither the Kogan site or this blog has updates for new Agora users or linux updaters. Am forced to use an external mouse which makes my netbook much less portable than it should be.

By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:31:48 +0000

Hi there, do you already have a solution for ubuntu 10.4? touchpad does not work again, I tried your instructions for 9.10 butno luck- I have no clue about linux, would need step by step instructions. Thanks heaps Steph

By: De

De — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:59:14 +0000

@ Mike Brown
try /boot/grub/grub.cfg
you can edit this

By: Touchpad configuration for Ubuntu 9.10 (grub 2) « kogan agora netbook

Touchpad configuration for Ubuntu 9.10 (grub 2) « kogan agora netbook — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:02:29 +0000

[...] with the goods! In order to get the agora’s touchpad working with Ubuntu 9.10 and grub 2, follow the instructions in Tom’s comment, which I have reproduced [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:15:49 +0000

Mike

Edit /etc/default/grub

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash”

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash i8042.nomux”

then update grub

sudo update-grub2

By: Mike Brown

Mike Brown — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:15:38 +0000

Hmmm… how to do this on 9.10 Karmic, which uses Grub 2? /boot/grub/menu.lst is an empty file!

By: kayno

kayno — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:03:42 +0000

Hi Travis

I have just updated my kogan to the latest kernel – 2.6.28-15 – and I had no problems. My grub config was updated for the new kernel, and included the i8042.nomux option.

One thing i did notice – the option is not added to the end of the boot line, but somewhere in the middle now. Perhaps you were expecting it to be on the end of the line, and did not see it in the middle?

Did you try rebooting after a kernel update to see if the touchpad worked?

Cheers
Kayne