[Bug 193575] Re: Synaptics touchpad periodically disconnects

2009-03-11 Thread Arka Frost
I have solved the issue to some degree, the caps lock/num lock key seems to cause many bad packets to be generated. adding resetafter=0 (never) to the psmouse options causes things to work normal except the mouse sometimes jumps around. I don't think many updates will really be made to the driver b

[Bug 193575] Re: Synaptics touchpad periodically disconnects

2009-03-11 Thread Arka Frost
The exact same bug is present in Intrepid, also Debian Lenny. Also with vanilla 2.6.28.6. Same behavior with NumLock, the only fix is adding "i8042.dumbkbd=1" to the kernel command lines. I believe this is a hardware issue, the i8042 keyboard/mouse controller chip is broken. This is a "showstopper"