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Bug#740485: tagging 740485, forcibly merging 622231 740485



On Fri, 2014-03-07 at 10:21 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2014-03-02 19:10:54 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > Note that they are not the same bugs. In 740485, the touchpad was
> > correctly recognized as "AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad" according
> > to syslog information. The problem was that some events (when moving
> > the finger on the touchpad) were not generated -- a bit randomly: the
> > problem was occurring for several seconds, then the touchpad worked
> > again... until the problem reappeared several dozens of seconds later.
> > Something that never occurred before.
> > 
> > The problem completely disappeared after a suspend + resume.
> 
> While everything was OK for several days, the problem has just
> reappeared, and a suspend + resume didn't change anything. Like
> when the problem first occurred, it occurs in the train (whether
> it is moving or not). But I don't see why a train would have an
> influence on the touchpad.

It could be affected by vibration, electromagnetic fields, noise on the
power line (if you use a socket on the train).  But I wouldn't expect
so.

I would guess that you usually have the laptop plugged into a socket,
except on the train, and that's what makes the difference.

Ben.

> Notes:
>   * Same problem in the text virtual terminals, so that it is not
>     specific to X.
>   * The DualPoint Stick doesn't have such a problem.
> 

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Unix is many things to many people,
but it's never been everything to anybody.

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