[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1220426] Re: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad
People could try out https://github.com/BlueDragonX/xf86-input-mtrack and see if they get any mileage out of that. It's generally better than synaptics if it had proper hysteresis, however, I ran into problems with defining soft button zones on my clickpad. (It arranged them vertically as opposed to horizontally.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220426 Title: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-319” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-331” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-343” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-prime” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I'm using an Optimus laptop (Asus N43SL) nvidia-prime is installed, so my nvidia dedicated graphics card (GT 540m) is in use. Once in a while, my screen will freeze, only when I use my touchpad. This does not happen with my USB mouse. This does not happen either when I uninstall nvidia-prime and use my intel integrated graphics (HD3000). I can temporarily solve the issue by doing a VT switch. In the attached Xorg.0.log, you can see "synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: touchpad found" each time I did a VT switch and regained control. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-319/+bug/1220426/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1220426] Re: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad
Bumblebee is only a workaround. If you use the nvidia gpu with the proprietary drivers with it, it will exhibit the same behaviour if an application uses the nvidia GPU, from what I've heard. Furthermore, Bumblebee does not have perfectly working optimus support. It appears to be bottlenecked somewhere that is not the GPU for me, probably because of virtualgl silliness. I appreciate the hint for anyone who's locking for a sort-of workaround, but I don't think it's time to lose hope just yet. @bluevector: this is not a problem with opensource (as the nvidia driver is closed source) and it is not a problem with Intel graphics (as the nvidia drivers are causing the problem). It's entirely nvidia's job to fix it, as they've chosen to keep their drivers closed source, and thus forbidden everyone but them to fix the bug. It's entirely a problem caused by proprietary software. Please direct your hate-beams at nvidia. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220426 Title: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-319” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-331” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-343” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-prime” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I'm using an Optimus laptop (Asus N43SL) nvidia-prime is installed, so my nvidia dedicated graphics card (GT 540m) is in use. Once in a while, my screen will freeze, only when I use my touchpad. This does not happen with my USB mouse. This does not happen either when I uninstall nvidia-prime and use my intel integrated graphics (HD3000). I can temporarily solve the issue by doing a VT switch. In the attached Xorg.0.log, you can see "synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: touchpad found" each time I did a VT switch and regained control. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-319/+bug/1220426/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1220426] Re: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad
Still present with nvidia driver version 343.22 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220426 Title: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-319” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-331” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-343” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-prime” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I'm using an Optimus laptop (Asus N43SL) nvidia-prime is installed, so my nvidia dedicated graphics card (GT 540m) is in use. Once in a while, my screen will freeze, only when I use my touchpad. This does not happen with my USB mouse. This does not happen either when I uninstall nvidia-prime and use my intel integrated graphics (HD3000). I can temporarily solve the issue by doing a VT switch. In the attached Xorg.0.log, you can see "synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: touchpad found" each time I did a VT switch and regained control. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-319/+bug/1220426/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1220426] Re: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad
The bug, for me, is fairly easy to reproduce. The trick is to be actually using the device, by that I mean touchpad, for a while. In fact, I've set up a script to search my xorg log in regular intervals for the messages that occur on VT switches, which I only do when it freezes, and made it send to an IRC channel whenever it happened so my friends could see my suffering. They sarcastically told me that it was a great advertisement for nvidia-powered laptops. I've also noticed that when I plug in a wacom tablet and use it for a while, and then touch the touchpad again after a bit, it very often leads to a freeze, as if the touchpad was just waiting for me to use it again. Though, this could be entirely psychological. I haven't gathered enough data to conclude it is in any way related. However, I do have gathered enough data to confidently say it does not occur while the touchpad is not being touched. To show this, I've posted a graph here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/766166/elantech-touchpad-related-nvidia-driver-freeze/#4278245 To reproduce it, I have a suggestion: Let one of your interns or someone else play spacechem for a while, with the touchpad. Spacechem includes enough dragging and dropping for the issue to be triggered. If that isn't enough, take upon the unpleasanr task of playing first person shooters on a touchpad. Another thing I noticed is that kwin uses 100% CPU when I switch from the frozen X11 to a TTY. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220426 Title: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-319” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-331” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-343” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-prime” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I'm using an Optimus laptop (Asus N43SL) nvidia-prime is installed, so my nvidia dedicated graphics card (GT 540m) is in use. Once in a while, my screen will freeze, only when I use my touchpad. This does not happen with my USB mouse. This does not happen either when I uninstall nvidia-prime and use my intel integrated graphics (HD3000). I can temporarily solve the issue by doing a VT switch. In the attached Xorg.0.log, you can see "synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: touchpad found" each time I did a VT switch and regained control. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-319/+bug/1220426/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1220426] Re: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad
Why was this marked as Fix Released? I don't see any commits in the kernel source tree log of the elantech driver that point towards it being fixed, and the latest nvidia driver didn't fix it either. As far as I'm aware, this is still unresolved. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220426 Title: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-319” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-331” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-343” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-prime” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I'm using an Optimus laptop (Asus N43SL) nvidia-prime is installed, so my nvidia dedicated graphics card (GT 540m) is in use. Once in a while, my screen will freeze, only when I use my touchpad. This does not happen with my USB mouse. This does not happen either when I uninstall nvidia-prime and use my intel integrated graphics (HD3000). I can temporarily solve the issue by doing a VT switch. In the attached Xorg.0.log, you can see "synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: touchpad found" each time I did a VT switch and regained control. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-319/+bug/1220426/+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
