Mouse looses sync - X Restart seems only restore option
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Bug Description
Release: Ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid)
Gnome: 2.24.1 (Ubuntu 2008-10-24)
Kernel: 2.6.27-11-generic (#1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:28:32 UTC 2009)
CPU: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56
At completely random times, the mouse looses sync, and fails to recover. This affects only the *click* functions, not pointer visibility or travel. I've seen reports, in various Linux flavors, with errors of psmouse.c losing sync, but haven't found any specifically talking about a loss of click functionality.
I've attached a log dump of all /var/log files containing the string 'mouse'. You can see where the driver is frequently losing/restoring sync. At some point, it simply loses sync, and fails to restore.
I've tried to tie this to specific actions, CPU loads or high memory utilization, but thus far, it's seemed random, in that it's not tied to any specific action or application I've noticed. However, it does only seem to occur, when there are user-initiated active processes going on. If the machine is idle and processing normally, things are fine.
This is an HP Pavilion DV9320US. Ubuntu 8.10 is the only release to be installed to this machine, so I cannot say if prior releases had this problem. This has been an ongoing problem since the OS was installed, in Nov/Dec time-frame.
Problem *seems* to be tied to a kernel issue, as seen in these log entries, which is an example of the sync loss, requiring either a reboot or X restart:
syslog.0:Feb 4 00:30:27 Megatron kernel: [11315.129813] psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/
syslog.0:Feb 4 00:30:27 Megatron kernel: [11315.129818] psmouse.c: issuing reconnect request
kern.log.0:Feb 4 00:30:27 Megatron kernel: [11315.129813] psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/
kern.log.0:Feb 4 00:30:27 Megatron kernel: [11315.129818] psmouse.c: issuing reconnect request
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: gnome-utils 2.24.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-utils
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64
I suppose this is the bug you're looking for: /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +bug/296167
https:/
Xinerama causes that, try TwinView.