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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff Lane, could you please confirm this issue exists with the latest
development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . If the issue remains,
could you please run the following command in the development release
from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will
automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this
report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.11-rc5

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's
Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your
understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-a09 needs-upstream-testing

** Tags added: precise

** Tags added: regression-update

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Touchpad on Alienware M15x goes nuts, needs psmouse-ectomy to quiet
  down

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  This is pretty much guaranteed to happen at some point after each
  reboot.  The touchpad will behave (it's not really used as I almost
  always use an attached Logitech USB Wireless Mouse) as it should for a
  while and then at some point the pointer starts going crazy, jumping
  left and right over and over.

  There doesn't seem to be any specific trigger, it just happens, and
  there doesn't appear to be any specific time frame either.  Sometimes
  it happens within an hour of a reboot, sometimes it can take a day or
  more.  But once it happens and the pointer starts jumping left and
  right on it's own, the only cure is to rmmod psmouse.

  I can reload psmouse and be OK for a while, but invariably, the
  twitchy pointer returns.

  This is a regression in one of the recent kernels for Oneiric.  I have
  had Ubuntu on this system since Karmic and have never experienced this
  issue until a couple months or so ago with an Oneiric update.  In
  fact, I do not recall experiencing this with the original Oneiric
  released bits.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: linux-image-3.0.0-14-generic 3.0.0-14.23
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices:
   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
   card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  bladernr   2754 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  bladernr   2754 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0f20000 irq 48'
     Mixer name	: 'IDT 92HD83C1X5'
     Components	: 'HDA:111d7604,102802a2,00100104'
     Controls      : 16
     Simple ctrls  : 10
  Card1.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xcdefc000 irq 16'
     Mixer name	: 'Nvidia GPU 0a HDMI/DP'
     Components	: 'HDA:10de000a,10de0101,00100100'
     Controls      : 16
     Simple ctrls  : 4
  Date: Tue Jan 31 18:04:39 2012
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f4e6db09-5257-40b2-ba2a-0718fc0b3f0d
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  MachineType: Alienware M15x
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic root=UUID=acc23352-13ab-4854-b1d7-a1099a5bf3a5 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-14-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-14-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.60
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-14 (78 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/24/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware
  dmi.bios.version: A08
  dmi.board.vendor: Alienware
  dmi.board.version: A08
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware
  dmi.chassis.version: A08
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvrA08:bd08/24/2010:svnAlienware:pnM15x:pvrA08:rvnAlienware:rn:rvrA08:cvnAlienware:ct8:cvrA08:
  dmi.product.name: M15x
  dmi.product.version: A08
  dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware

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