Sony VAIO touchpad only scrolls

[Vasilj Milošević]

It looks like the touchpad is registering the single touch even when there is none.

So it scrolls (only vertically) when used normally. When I press and hold it behaves as it supposed to. Making selection etc.

But what is more strange is that i very small area in top right corner it registers the scrolling. Like half a centimeter in height and two centimeters in width.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-28.30-generic 3.19.8-ckt5
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 355.11 Wed Aug 26 16:35:41 PDT 2015
 GCC version: gcc version 4.9.2 (Ubuntu 4.9.2-10ubuntu13)
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Mon Oct 12 08:15:25 2015
DistUpgraded: 2015-05-22 23:00:11,566 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: vivid
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:909a]
 NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 640M LE] [10de:0fd3] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:909a]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-24 (567 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131017)
MachineType: Sony Corporation SVS1311M9ES
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-28-generic root=UUID=6fd09159-dc35-4109-9325-54848de1df38 ro i8042.reset i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-05-22 (142 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 05/17/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
dmi.bios.version: R0142C5
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrR0142C5:bd05/17/2012:svnSonyCorporation:pnSVS1311M9ES:pvrC60AGTEH:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: SVS1311M9ES
dmi.product.version: C60AGTEH
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
version.compiz: compiz N/A
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.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
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: Mon Oct 12 07:51:24 2015
xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
xserver.errors:
 intel(G1): [drm] failed to set drm interface version: Permission denied [13].
 intel(G1): Failed to claim DRM device.
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 12588
 vendor AUO
xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3.1

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Vasilj Milošević, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.

As per http://www.sony-europe.com/support/en/content/cnt-dwnl/SVS1311M9E/list an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (R0143C5). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?

If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette .

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report.

Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible, and the information above is provided, then please mark this report Status New. Otherwise, please mark this as Invalid.

Thank you for your understanding."

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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