touchpad gets frozen every 20-30 seconds

[xanmoo]

feisty and edgy

The cursor driven by the touchpad gets frozen (can't move) evry 20 to 30 seconds. To move it, it is necessary to hit anykeyboard key.
The solution I found was to use a kernel from dapper. I read that it was possible to add "irqpoll" as kernel argument in grub but this may lead to random crash

Config:
laptop acer 1362LMI

[Ben Collins (ben-collins)]

Please provide dmesg output from when this occurs. Attach it via the web interface, do not paste into comment or attach via email.

Thanks

[xanmoo (jeanpat-pommier)]

Here is what dmesg says after the touchpad freeze (feisty) (This probleme doesn't hapen if a Kernel 2.6.15 is used under feisty).
Pressing any key from the keyboard "unfreezes" the touchpad.

[xanmoo (jeanpat-pommier)]

The problem still exists under gutsy

[Paul Sinnett (paul-sinnett)]

I am also getting this with Gutsy 7.10 on an Acer 1362LC

[ChriGoLioNaDor (chrigolionador)]

The problem still exists under Hardy Heron (kernel 2.6.24.7)...

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

If you can, please test with the Hardy Beta Release: www.ubuntu.com/testing. If this issue still exists, per the kernel team's bug policy, can you please attach the following information. Please be sure to attach each file as a separate attachment.

* cat /proc/version_signature > version.log
* dmesg > dmesg.log
* sudo lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log

It would also be helpful to wait to capture the entire dmesg output after you notice the touchpad freezing up.

For more information regarding the kernel team bug policy, please refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies . Thanks again and we appreciate your help and feedback.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

We'll keep this open against the actively developed kernel but agianst 2.6.20 this will be closed. Thanks.

[xanmoo (jeanpat-pommier)]

the bug persists under my laptop (acer 1362LMI) running hardy heron

uname -a
Linux xanmoo 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 4 16:35:01 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

I join desmg output after touchpad freeze

and lspci yields :

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems [AirConn] INPROCOMM IPN 2220 Wireless LAN Adapter (rev 01)
00:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
00:0b.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
00:0b.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI7x20 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Controller
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. S3 Unichrome Pro VGA Adapter (rev 01)