Clevo laptop, Ubuntu 14.10, NVidia GEForce GTX870M with nvidia 331.113-update drivers (selected from system settings) plus Intel integrated graphics, same issue.
VT switching and external USB mouse workarounds work. I have another Clevo laptop identical but with NVidia GEForce GTX970M instead, nouveau drivers, no freezes using touchpad. Unfortunately I cannot try nouveau on GTX870M because isn't supported. Any news about applying laurence's patch to xserver? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220426 Title: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Using Asus N43SL laptop as an example, with nvidia-prime installed, so the dedicated NVIDIA graphics card (GT 540m) is in use, once in a while, my screen will freeze when I use my touchpad. WORKAROUND: Use USB mouse. WORKAROUND: Uninstall nvidia-prime and use integrated graphics. WORKAROUND: Do a VT switch via Ctrl+Alt+F1 then Ctrl+Alt+F7. In the attached Xorg.0.log, you can see "synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: touchpad found" each time I did a VT switch and regained control: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1220426/+attachment/3801516/+files/Xorg.0.log The following upstream report has a patch that addresses this issue: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86288 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/1220426/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
