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[Marc <1258837@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have been following this thread over the past couple of weeks and
tried several things, including what's outlined in comment #5.

I found that running:

modprobe -r psmouse
modprobe psmouse proto=bare

solves the issue for me. However the caveat is that you don't have
access to advanced touchpad features like scrolling.

The other effect of the above is that both track point and touchpad are
active. I only use the track point. Since I constantly brush against the
touchpad, I am still looking for a way to disable this. With the
settings above, I can no longer disable the touchpad via "System
Settings..." > "Mouse and Touchpad". So, if anyone knows how to do
that....

Oh, to make the above changes permanent, create a file called
"/etc/modprobe.d/47440-mouse.conf" with the content:

options psmouse proto=bare

I hope this helps someone.

Marc.

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Title:
  [Dell Latitude E7440] ALPS touchpad keeps having state reset

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  This is very similar to bug 1048258 - the mouse cursor keeps on
  jumping around, and these messages appear in the log when it hapepns:

  Dec  7 21:57:26 wyvern kernel: [  648.133841] psmouse serio1: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
  Dec  7 21:57:26 wyvern kernel: [  648.134868] psmouse serio1: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
  Dec  7 21:57:26 wyvern kernel: [  648.137921] psmouse serio1: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 - driver resynced.
  Dec  7 21:57:26 wyvern kernel: [  648.138852] psmouse serio1: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
  Dec  7 21:57:26 wyvern kernel: [  648.148833] psmouse serio1: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 - driver resynced.

  The touchpad is recognised as a "AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad".
  This is occurring with Ubuntu 13.10, though I have also seen this
  behaviour in the version of Linux Mint based on Ubuntu 13.04.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: linux-image-3.11.0-14-generic 3.11.0-14.21
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  allanc     1852 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  allanc     1852 F.... pulseaudio
  Date: Sat Dec  7 22:19:22 2013
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a2a36712-35de-4e20-9d1a-df3520f401ec
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-07 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E7440
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-14-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=d03a42e6-0dea-4969-a682-eb4d255abc70 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-14-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-14-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.116
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/14/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A03
  dmi.board.name: 07F3F4
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A00
  dmi.chassis.type: 9
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd08/14/2013:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE7440:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn07F3F4:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Latitude E7440
  dmi.product.version: 01
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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