[ltp] Fwd: T450s mouse pointer freeze with Arch kernel 5.10.4 and 5.10.4

[Paul Marwick]

Hi Michael,

Sorry for the long delay in replying - been trying to work out what was 
going on. And not getting very far....

I tried disabling lightdm and starting Xfce manuall. Made no difference, 
the mouse pointer was still locked. I've also tried looking through the 
Xorg log to see if there are any errors, but nothing shows up.

One thing that I have discovered is that the freeze is normally 
temporary. After 2 -3 minutes, both touchpad and trackpoint start 
working. Looking through the journal, I can't find any sign of error, 
other than this:

systemd-udevd[214]: Worker [220] processing SEQNUM=2968 is taking a long 
time
systemd-udevd[214]: Worker [220] processing SEQNUM=2968 killed
systemd-udevd[214]: Worker [220] terminated by signal 9 (KILL)
systemd-udevd[214]: event6: Worker [220] failedESC
zeta kernel: psmouse serio1: synaptics: queried max coordinates: x 
[..5676], y [..4758]
zeta kernel: psmouse serio1: synaptics: queried min coordinates: x 
[1266..], y [1096..]
zeta kernel: psmouse serio1: synaptics: Trying to set up SMBus access
zeta kernel: rmi4_smbus 0-002c: registering SMbus-connected sensor
zeta kernel: rmi4_f01 rmi4-00.fn01: found RMI device, manufacturer: 
Synaptics, product: TM3053-004, fw id: 1741117
zeta kernel: input: Synaptics TM3053-004 as /devices/rmi4-00/input/input21
zeta kernel: serio: RMI4 PS/2 pass-through port at rmi4-00.fn03
zeta kernel: psmouse serio3: trackpoint: IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, 
buttons: 3/3

Which is around when the trackpoint and trackpad started working. No 
idea what is causing it.

I am also seeing failures and restarts with lighdm on most boots and 
some coredumps from xorg, though in both cases, they work without any 
visible problems.

For the moment, I'm running the LTS kernel so I can actually do some 
work on the machine, and trying the new 5.10.x kernels as they come 
through in the hopes of the problem being fixed. I would love to be able 
to work out what is going on, if only so I can raise a bug against the 
relevant software.

Paul.
Michael Topp wrote:
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> -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
> Betreff: 	Re: [ltp] T450s mouse pointer freeze with Arch kernel 5.10.4 
> and 5.10.4
> Datum: 	Sat, 9 Jan 2021 20:56:00 +0100
> Von: 	Michael Topp <info at mito-space.com>
> An: 	Paul Marwick <paul.marwick at gmail.com>
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> Hi Paul,
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> I never have experienced such a problem, but two ideas:
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> (1)  Does this also happen when starting your desktop from console via 
> "startx"? If not, the problem is probably lightdm related.
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> (2)  Or, try adding an appropriate hook or a driver module to your [ 
> mkinitcpio ] <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio> and 
> regenerate the initramfs; maybe do an additional update-grub.
>
> HTH
>
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> Am 09.01.21 um 04:30 schrieb Paul Marwick:
>> I have Arch Linux Xfce installed on a T450s. Worked very well indeed 
>> up until the first of the 5.10.x kernels. After that, I started 
>> getting lightdm starting in a very low resolution mode (640x480?). A 
>> reboot would usually fix it, until I installed 5.10.4. With that 
>> kernel, rebooting didn't help. If I logged in, the resolution would 
>> go to normal when Xfce loaded, but the mouse pointer would be locked, 
>> not moveable using the touchpad or the trackpoint. Attempting to get 
>> to a console to shut down didn't work - all I could get was a 
>> blinking cursor. Only way out was to either SSH in from another 
>> machine or power cycle the laptop.
>>
>> Following a hint I found, I removed xf86-video-intel, which was a 
>> marginal improvement. Still not functional, but at least I could get 
>> to a console to do a clean shutdown.
>>
>> A couple of days ago, kernel 5.10.5 arrived. At first, I thought it 
>> had solved the problem, since I was able to log in and use the 
>> machine normally. Didn't last though - on the next day, I was back to 
>> having a locked mouse pointer and nothing usable except consoles.
>>
>> I have tried plugging in a USB mouse, which worked, but isn't a very 
>> practical solution - I use the laptop in a number of areas which 
>> don't give me anywhere to put a mouse...
>>
>> Has anyone seen this type of problem, or have any ideas as to how to 
>> diagnose and (hopefully) fix it? For the moment, I have to roll back 
>> to 5.9.14 or use the lts kernel to get the machine to a usable state.
>>
>> Paul.
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