And I am able to recreate it with the latest KernelMainlineBuild jon@mv8:~$ uname -a Linux mv8 3.13.1-031301-generic #201401291035 SMP Wed Jan 29 15:37:43 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux jon@mv8:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 13.10 Release: 13.10 Codename: saucy Jan 29 21:22:19 mv8 kernel: [ 96.480276] psmouse serio1: bad data from KBC - timeout bad parity Jan 29 21:22:19 mv8 kernel: [ 96.495639] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Jan 29 21:22:19 mv8 kernel: [ 96.495644] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Jan 29 21:22:19 mv8 kernel: [ 96.496888] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Jan 29 21:22:55 mv8 whoopsie[1061]: online Jan 29 21:23:34 whoopsie[1061]: last message repeated 3 times Jan 29 21:23:35 mv8 whoopsie[1061]: online Jan 29 21:24:05 mv8 kernel: [ 202.684696] psmouse serio1: synaptics: Touchpad model: 1, fw: 8.1, id: 0x1e2b1, caps: 0xd001a3/0x940300/0x127c00, board id: 2668, fw id: 1293989 Jan 29 21:24:05 mv8 kernel: [ 202.684704] psmouse serio1: synaptics: serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio1/input0 Jan 29 21:24:05 mv8 kernel: [ 202.726174] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input19 Jan 29 21:24:08 mv8 kernel: [ 205.881928] psmouse serio4: alps: Unknown ALPS touchpad: E7=10 00 64, EC=10 00 64 Jan 29 21:24:10 mv8 kernel: [ 207.297159] psmouse serio4: trackpoint: IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3 Jan 29 21:24:10 mv8 kernel: [ 207.523781] input: TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio4/input/input20 Jan 29 21:25:13 mv8 whoopsie[1061]: online Jan 29 21:25:42 mv8 whoopsie[1061]: online Jan 29 21:25:42 mv8 kernel: [ 299.401738] psmouse serio1: bad data from KBC - timeout Jan 29 21:25:43 mv8 whoopsie[1061]: online Jan 29 21:26:22 mv8 kernel: [ 339.333846] psmouse serio1: bad data from KBC - timeout Jan 29 21:26:22 mv8 kernel: [ 339.342871] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 4 Jan 29 21:26:22 mv8 kernel: [ 339.364642] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 - driver resynced. Jan 29 21:26:22 mv8 kernel: [ 339.369183] psmouse serio1: bad data from KBC - timeout Jan 29 21:26:23 mv8 kernel: [ 340.150697] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 4 Jan 29 21:26:23 mv8 kernel: [ 340.151975] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Jan 29 21:26:23 mv8 kernel: [ 340.153185] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Jan 29 21:26:23 mv8 kernel: [ 340.155278] psmouse serio1: bad data from KBC - timeout Jan 29 21:26:23 mv8 kernel: [ 340.157253] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Jan 29 21:26:23 mv8 kernel: [ 340.170949] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 - driver resynced. Jan 29 21:26:23 mv8 kernel: [ 340.796844] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 4 Jan 29 21:26:23 mv8 kernel: [ 340.798077] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Jan 29 21:26:23 mv8 kernel: [ 340.799245] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Jan 29 21:26:23 mv8 kernel: [ 340.800516] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Jan 29 21:26:23 mv8 kernel: [ 340.801731] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Jan 29 21:26:23 mv8 kernel: [ 340.801735] psmouse serio1: issuing reconnect request Jan 29 21:26:35 mv8 kernel: [ 352.842002] psmouse serio1: bad data from KBC - timeout bad parity Jan 29 21:26:35 mv8 kernel: [ 352.844725] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 4 Jan 29 21:26:35 mv8 kernel: [ 352.845935] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Jan 29 21:26:35 mv8 kernel: [ 352.858183] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 4 Jan 29 21:26:35 mv8 kernel: [ 352.859428] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Jan 29 21:26:35 mv8 kernel: [ 352.860664] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1 Jan 29 21:26:35 mv8 kernel: [ 352.860669] psmouse serio1: issuing reconnect request Jan 29 21:26:40 mv8 kernel: [ 357.420430] psmouse serio1: bad data from KBC - timeout bad parity