trackpad stops clicking intermittently

[richard fenning]

The laptop is a Dell Latitude D600 and I'm using 8.10.

Fairly regularly the cursor won't interact with what it is pointed at. It will move, but the clicks don't register. Mainly this applies to application windows, but sometimes it is the same for the panel and desktop.

dmesg and /var/log/messages have:
Nov 25 22:10:35 richard -- MARK --
Nov 25 22:23:34 richard kernel: [10413.178237] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
Nov 25 22:23:34 richard kernel: [10413.200622] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 - driver resynched.
Nov 25 22:23:34 richard kernel: [10413.534479] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 3
Nov 25 22:23:34 richard kernel: [10413.535413] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
Nov 25 22:23:34 richard kernel: [10413.536496] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
Nov 25 22:23:34 richard kernel: [10413.537539] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
Nov 25 22:23:34 richard kernel: [10413.556963] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 - driver resynched.
Nov 25 22:23:34 richard kernel: [10413.557785] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
Nov 25 22:23:34 richard kernel: [10413.558876] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
Nov 25 22:23:34 richard kernel: [10413.559976] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
Nov 25 22:23:34 richard kernel: [10413.561077] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
Nov 25 22:23:34 richard kernel: [10413.562178] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
Nov 25 22:23:34 richard kernel: [10413.562186] psmouse.c: issuing reconnect request
Nov 25 22:23:35 richard kernel: [10414.707187] input: DualPoint Stick as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input10
Nov 25 22:23:35 richard kernel: [10414.733651] input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input11
Nov 25 22:50:35 richard -- MARK --

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[Terry White (terence-white)]

Just did a fresh install of Jaunty official release 9.04 and this bug is still there, and a lot more prevalent. I now have to ctrl-alt F1 to open a new VT, then sudo shutdown -r now quite often since mouse can't click on X windows and ctrl backspace doesn't restart X anymore.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Triaged a while ago but has not had any updated comments for quite some time. Please let us know if this issue remains in the current Ubuntu release, http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . If the issue remains, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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