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tomisrb

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Registered: 2024-01-02

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Touchpad freeze randomly while using it

I installed arch linux 2 weeks ago and I keep having the same issue every day in random time.
My touchpad and superkey randomly freeze for a few minutes, while everything else is working normally. Even though touchpad wont work at all, usb mouse works..
Did someone had the similar issue or perhaps know what could be the reason for that?
My laptop is Dell Vostro 5590 if it helps somewhat..
Thanks!

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: The Wirral

Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: Touchpad freeze randomly while using it

Does the systemd journal show anything when the problem occurs?

An intermittent issue would suggest hardware problems. Can you check if a live ISO image also experiences this?

If you only have the Arch ISO this will give you a cursor in the console:

pacman -Sy gpm # don't use -Sy in an installed system!
systemctl start gpm

Bit tricky to test if the problem occurs randomly though.

Otherwise you could try xf86-input-synaptics to see if the problem is with libinput. Reference: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Touchpad_Synaptics

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