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[Martyn <martyn_berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Same problem on my Dell E7440. with Ubuntu 14.04.3 (installed version).
When holding my finger still on the touchpad, the cursor starts jumping back and forth (mainly vertically) from finger location to some random location.
Updating to latest BIOS A15, and latest  touchpad drivers on 17th August did not help.
Problem seems to not happen for the first few minutes after each Ubuntu startup, but then starts  happening and becomes quite frequent after about 20 minutes.
The problem does not happen with the keyboard trackpoint mouse button.

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Title:
  [Dell Latitude E7440] 14.04 Touchpad causing mouse pointer to
  spuriously jump around screen

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  From the live usb the touchpad seems less jerky compared to ubuntu
  13.10 but is still not as smooth as Windows 7.

  This may be due to how the touchpad is detected as a PS/2 mouse instead of a more appropriate touchpad driver:
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/163664336/BootDmesg.txt
  [    4.088881] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: linux-image-3.13.0-5-generic 3.13.0-5.20
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-5.20-generic 3.13.0
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-5-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  ubuntu     4246 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  ubuntu     4246 F.... pulseaudio
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat Jan 25 06:50:44 2014
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140124)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E7440
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-5-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-5-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.122
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 01/02/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A07
  dmi.board.name: 0PPXP5
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A00
  dmi.chassis.type: 9
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd01/02/2014:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE7440:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0PPXP5:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Latitude E7440
  dmi.product.version: 01
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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