Ubuntu
xorg-server package

  1. Bug #41301
  2. Comment #159

Comment 159 for bug 41301

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Imre Szebenyi (szeim-szeim) wrote : Re: Mouse clicks stop working sporadically

Hi,

I have an HP elitebook 8530p crap, and I had the same problem
(the X server thought that one button was pressed, but not released),
and it has turned out that an 'rmmod psmouse' "solves" the problem.

So I backlisted the psmouse module:

cat /etc/modprobe.d/faszom.conf
#options psmouse proto=imps
blacklist psmouse

I suppose that you can play with the "options psmouse proto=imps", but it doesn't work for me.
It's easier to buy an usb mice, and forget the touchpad.

So I think this bug is related to some kernel bug/regression somewhere in the psmouse/synaptic code.

Or buggy hardware.
(The problem cames out _maybe_ often, if the laptop's temperature is higher, but it's just a feeling.)