sorry, it was bug #549727 , not #868400 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546503
Title: HP touchpad-disable switch damages mouse and focus capability Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Fedora: New Bug description: Binary package hint: xorg There's a chance this is more of a kernel bug than an xorg bug. I'm not sure. My HP Pavilion dv5t has a touchpad-disable button that's sometimes necessary when typing at a long stretch and you don't want to accidentally center-click in the window. I disabled the touchpad and was not able to make it come back. The little light goes from orange to white, which is an indication that the hardware thinks it's re-enabled. The problem can manifest in a few different ways. Sometimes the cursor moves but cannot click or focus anything. Sometimes the cursor simply will no longer react. Sometimes restarting GDM does not solve the problem. This last time, I even fully rebooted and was unable to get the mouse back. I was lucky that a little fiddling with the disable switch and restarting GDM again made it come back. I'm inclined to think this kernel output is involved: Mar 24 15:50:06 localhost kernel: [ 786.963086] psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 4 bytes away. Mar 24 15:50:06 localhost kernel: [ 787.476687] psmouse.c: resync failed, issuing reconnect request ...but it looks like it's happened in my logs at times when this effect was not seen. I believe the rest of my dmesg output is attached, so maybe there's something else in there that's enlightening. Let me know if you need any more info from me. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Mar 24 15:56:28 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl Package: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+3ubuntu1 ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=650bb976-0265-4231-9b83-2aecd789085f ro quiet splash crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M ProcEnviron: LC_COLLATE=C PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1 SourcePackage: xorg Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic x86_64 dmi.bios.date: 08/20/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.21 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 3603 dmi.board.vendor: Quanta dmi.board.version: 02.26 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.21:bd08/20/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv5NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn3603:rvr02.26:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: Rev 1 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucid architecture: x86_64 kernel: 2.6.32-17-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/546503/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
