On 09/05/2026 9:38 am, Stefan Monnier wrote:
What still seems to be valid is that once the problem appears only
a reboot will "fix" it.
It seems, you have run out of ideas. Most of the following is almost
certainly leads to dead end. Perhaps you have already tried it.
- I recall there was a collection of wisdom related to Thinkpad issues
on Linux. Is the community still active?
- Does it help to disable/enable the trackpoint using [Fn+something] key?
- Is there anything related to trackpoint or more generic power saving
in firmware system setup (BIOS)?
- I hope, a daemon that disables touchpad while you are typing is not
involved.
- Does powertop show anything related to the trackpoint (its state or
maybe even controls)?
- At least for touchpads, synaptics (obsolete) Xorg driver may be used
instead of libinput. Unsure if alternatives are possible for trackpoint.
- Have you tried libinput tools? Perhaps it is possible to get detailed
state or to reset the device. Monitoring might provide more info than xev.
- Besides dmesg I would check Xorg log, ~/.xsession-errors and
journalctl output.
