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[Bug 1258837] Re: [Dell Latitude E7440] ALPS touchpad keeps having state reset

 

The problem with "resetafter" is that it causes the CPU to thrash given
how often the driver gets out of sync. I tried doing that on my system,
and it made it completely unusable (could barely type enough characters
to update modprobe and regenerate initram. So far I've been living with
loading the driver as proto=exps.  I don't really use / want to use the
touchpad itself, so the loss of functions doesn't matter as much to me.
I do care, however, that in this mode, the kernel sees both devices as a
single basic mouse, so I can't disable the touchpad to prevent
accidental hits.

Sad to hear that A11 hasn't changed anything; I've been holding off
upgrading the BIOS as I worry about bricking the system. Does it fix
anything? The keyboard repeat? Does anyone know if that is related to
this or not?

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

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  The mouse cursor keeps on jumping around, and these messages appear in the log when it happens:
  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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