Public bug reported: Have Apple Macbook pro 8,1. With Trusty devel, very occasionally (i.e. twice in the last 3 weeks) my trackpad has completely stopped functioning for no reason I can determine.
>From then on, dmesg is full of these messages: bcm5974: bad trackpad package, length: 8 Removing and re-loading the bcm5974 kernel module fixes the problem. Sorry I've no better information to supply. ** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1257547 Title: [bcm5974] Apple touchpad fails to respond, dmesg contains multiple mesages of form: bcm5974: bad trackpad package, length: 8 Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Have Apple Macbook pro 8,1. With Trusty devel, very occasionally (i.e. twice in the last 3 weeks) my trackpad has completely stopped functioning for no reason I can determine. From then on, dmesg is full of these messages: bcm5974: bad trackpad package, length: 8 Removing and re-loading the bcm5974 kernel module fixes the problem. Sorry I've no better information to supply. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1257547/+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