Hi did

You get a solution to this problem? I am having the same problem
shawn.bennett@biam.boi.ie

This is answer that I found at http://ubuntuforums.org/ and it solved this problem:

Hi,

Regarding the touchpad not working on an Acer 5100, please try the following:

Press 'Fn' and 'F7' keys together and this should alternate between turning the touchpad on and off.

Cheers,


Dan

the SZ series is notrious for having a crappy trackpad - I struggled with mine for years - sent it back to Sony and they said that I needed a new motherboard.

Yeah, right... to fix the track pad.

Well I saved the $699 - and did the black tape fix, and smooth sailing since.

http://doube.org/sztp.html

I am hitting all the forums Sony, so hope you read this. This is the only recourse I have for you having tried to jack me for 700 dollars.

This computer is finally operating properly after years. I so wish I had done this earlier. You made me reinstall my system software, all of my software, send the computer in for days - costing me days of downtime - and then refuse to fix a computer that is under warranty -

You tell me that you need to replace the heat sink, mohterboard, fan, and charge me more than the unit is worth to fix your faulty hardware.

Good times.

my sony vaio(e serries) touch pad s not working.i bought it last month. it has problem with tapping option.

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Thanks for understanding.