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[Jont Allen <jontalle@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

in message #34 you requested that In install 4.6-rc4
In message #36 I discussed 4.6-rc5, which did not resolve the issue.
in message #34 based on your request, I installed rc4, which did not resolve the issue.
in message #17 I used 4.5-rc3 (NOT 4.6), and it did resolve the issue.
in message #21 I state:
"I was running kernel 4.5-rc3 and everything was great. Then sometime around Feb 3, 2016 (I don't know the exact date),
following an standard upgrade from Ubuntu, the old symptoms (left mouse button sticking) returned."

This abrupt change was not due to a kernel change. I was running
4.5-rc3, before and after

After Feb 3 the X250 was unuseable no matter what I did. If you read the details, I tried all sorts of things. I even 
reinstalled the OS from scratch and tried to reinstall 4.5-rc3, from scratch. To no avail. Nothing worked.

NOTE: the USB mouse has always been totally functional, and the trackpad
and trackpoint work, but the left mouse button sticks on, rendering the
computer useable.

Eventually I was forced to switched over to my previous computer X220i,
which has both a trackpad and trackpoint. This machine works perfectly.
The X250 is sitting in the corner, unuseable (unless I downgrade to a
USB mouse, which works perfectly on the X250).

In my last attempt, today April 30, 2016, I swapped computers with my
wife, so I now have her X250. That functions exactly as my X250. This
rules out any hardware issues.

It is noteable, IMO, that the BIOS in the X220i and the X250 behave very different wrt the synaptics mouse, as documented
in message #35.

Status today: I'm using the X220i for daily work. The X250 still has the mouse bug.
None of the kernel and BIOS changes had any effect at all.
The X250 spontaneously stopped working on or about Feb 2, following a standard upgrade (not a kernel change!)

Chris, I appreciate your attention to this, but I think we need to get
to a new level re this problem. If the community wishes to continue to
use X series thinkpads (I'm sure they do), then this problem needs a
resolution.

What will Lenovo come up with next? Is the beginning of the end of
Thinkpads and Linux?

I have more than 10 of these X-series laptops lying around my office.
I've been using X hardware for many years. I see this as the end of the
line, all due to a stupid mouse driver bug.

Please correct me if I'm wrong in my summary.

Jont

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       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

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Title:
  left TPP/2 IBM TrackPoint "sticks on" randomly (X250 15.04)

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have reported the details of this problem at
  https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-certification/+question/272142

  As summarized on that question:

  X250 analysis:
   I used the command on the X250
    evtest /dev/input/event15 | grep EV_KEY

   I can see the bug, as follows:

  I click on button 1 (left) over and over. When I push the button down,
  I see it register as 1,
  and when I let go of the key, it registers as a 0.

  The bug is that every now and then (once every 20 clicks), when I let go
  of the left mouse button (BIN_LEFT), it does not return to state 0 (it stays in state 1).

  This is highly random, but cant be triggered more often, by dragging a
  window, which I do with BIN_LEFT.

  I am using a brand new X250, purchased in late July 2015. The system was returned 3 times to IBM repair as I assumed
  this was a hardware error. Now with the above, it seems clear that this is a software issue.

  Ubuntu 15.04

  apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
  xserver-xorg-input-synaptics:
    Installed: 1.8.1-1ubuntu1
    Candidate: 1.8.1-1ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 1.8.1-1ubuntu1 0

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.8.1-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-30.34-generic 3.19.8-ckt6
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-30-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Oct 16 04:52:03 2015
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: vivid
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-15 (61 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  MachineType: LENOVO 20CMCTO1WW
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-30-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=5718b40f-944e-47a3-acda-04e29336d0bc ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 06/19/2015
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: N10ET36W (1.15 )
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
  dmi.board.name: 20CMCTO1WW
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: 0B98417 WIN
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: None
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN10ET36W(1.15):bd06/19/2015:svnLENOVO:pn20CMCTO1WW:pvrThinkPadX250:rvnLENOVO:rn20CMCTO1WW:rvr0B98417WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone:
  dmi.product.name: 20CMCTO1WW
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X250
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.5.9-2ubuntu1~vivid2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.5.9-2ubuntu1~vivid2
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3.1
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917-1~exp1ubuntu2.2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2build1
  xserver.bootTime: Fri Oct 16 03:31:10 2015
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors:
   
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   product id                                1079 
   vendor                                     LGD
  xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3.1

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