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[Karl <868400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to add that this seems to be very much a finger detection
issue.  I'm having this problem on an Asus G73SW recently upgraded from
Natty to Oneiric.  I booted the Oneiric LiveCD to see if it was a config
issue, and I still have problems, although they're a little different
(the three-finger window drag doesn't seem to work from the LiveCD, the
window handles don't appear from three-finger clicking either).

My cursor locks up with varying frequency, but everything else is still
in full swing.  I can click with the physical buttons, an external mouse
works perfectly, and the keyboard is still responsive.  However I
experience an additional symptom that I don't see anyone else
describing.  After locking up briefly, sometimes it will move
erratically on its own.  It'll grab a window, jerk it all over the
screen, and sometimes leave it positioned halfway off-screen or maximize
it (by dragging to top, I believe).  I get the impression it thinks
there are fingers all over the touchpad, almost like it thinks I'm
palming it, but a little different.  It seems to think there are several
points of contact either stuck or moving erratically.

I have no problems with this touchpad in Windows 7, nor did I in Natty,
so there's no question we have a bug in an update.

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Title:
  Synaptics touchpad stops working

Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” source package in Oneiric:
  Incomplete
Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” source package in Oneiric:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Synaptic touchpad stops working, seen on a few different Thinkpads.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.4.1-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Oct  5 13:38:37 2011
  DistUpgraded: Log time: 2010-07-25 15:41:02.611860
  DistroCodename: oneiric
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100201)
  MachineType: LENOVO 4294CTO
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/zsh
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=c4c39ed1-eb48-484a-8729-0600466a83a0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2010-07-25 (436 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 05/18/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 8DET46WW (1.16 )
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
  dmi.board.name: 4294CTO
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Not Available
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET46WW(1.16):bd05/18/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4294CTO:pvrThinkPadX220Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn4294CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 4294CTO
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220 Tablet
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

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