Comment 3 for bug 67293

A simple removal of psmouse before the reboot seems to fix this problem. Thanks to HP support!

Edit /etc/init.d/halt & /etc/init.d/reboot and add a /sbin/modprobe -r psmouse on top.

Diff:

--- reboot.orig 2006-12-06 17:56:57.000000000 +0100
+++ reboot 2006-12-06 17:58:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@

 PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

+/sbin/modprobe -r psmouse
+
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions

 do_stop () {

--- halt.orig 2006-12-06 17:58:35.000000000 +0100
+++ halt 2006-12-06 17:58:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
 [ -f /etc/default/halt ] && . /etc/default/halt

+/sbin/modprobe -r psmouse
+
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions

 do_stop () {