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** Description changed: + When I use various single applications, the mouse (touchpad) on occasion + jumps to a seemingly random location on the screen; usually happens only + if I am moving the mouse. But the killer is that sometimes the mouse + buttons stop responding -- requiring me to reboot the system atleast a + few times each day. + [Previously question #83749; opened 9/24/09] Dell Latitude D600 Ubuntu 9.04 Linux 2.6.18-15-generic xserver-xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu18 xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.0-0ubuntu14 Gnome 2.26.1 - - PROBLEM: When I use various single applications, the mouse (touchpad) on occasion jumps to a seemingly random location on the screen; usually happens only if I am moving the mouse. But the killer is that sometimes the one of the mouse buttons stop responding -- requiring me to reboot the system at least a few times each day; sometimes it affects Gnome and/or an application (ie can use scroll bar, but not Browser: File/Edit/View etc; or can't click Gnome: Applications/Places/System). - + PROBLEM: When I use various single applications, the mouse (touchpad) + on occasion jumps to a seemingly random location on the screen; usually + happens only if I am moving the mouse. But the killer is that sometimes + the one of the mouse buttons stop responding -- requiring me to reboot + the system at least a few times each day; sometimes it affects Gnome + and/or an application (ie can use scroll bar, but not Browser: + File/Edit/View etc; or can't click Gnome: Applications/Places/System). A search for mouse/touchpad from the /var/log/messages.0 file yields: Sep 19 15:46:36 TOBY kernel: [ 1.942568] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input3 Sep 19 15:46:36 TOBY kernel: [ 2.602703] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice Sep 19 20:45:33 TOBY kernel: [ 2380.120498] input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input11 Sep 19 20:56:43 TOBY kernel: [ 3050.742924] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Sep 19 20:56:43 TOBY kernel: [ 3050.746262] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 - driver resynched. Sep 19 20:56:43 TOBY kernel: [ 3050.747327] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Sep 19 20:56:43 TOBY kernel: [ 3050.769926] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 - driver resynched. Sep 19 20:56:43 TOBY kernel: [ 3050.926528] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 2 Sep 19 20:56:43 TOBY kernel: [ 3050.927612] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Sep 19 20:56:43 TOBY kernel: [ 3050.928794] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Sep 19 20:56:43 TOBY kernel: [ 3050.932090] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 - driver resynched. Sep 19 21:36:45 TOBY kernel: [ 5452.113320] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Sep 19 21:36:45 TOBY kernel: [ 5452.114402] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Sep 19 21:36:45 TOBY kernel: [ 5452.115602] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Sep 19 21:36:45 TOBY kernel: [ 5452.116717] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Sep 19 21:36:45 TOBY kernel: [ 5452.117880] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Sep 19 21:36:45 TOBY kernel: [ 5452.117884] psmouse.c: issuing reconnect request Sep 19 21:36:46 TOBY kernel: [ 5453.785487] input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input14 ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/462304 Title: Touchpad/mouse jumps, buttons freeze To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/462304/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs