Have the same problem as Will with my T480 on kernel 5.4.0-80-generic (Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS).
One can bring it back for a couple of minutes with the following: sudo rmmod -f psmouse sudo modprobe -v psmouse resync_time=5 resetafter=5
Also have a look at xinput --list to see if it both devices (synaptics and trackpoint) came back.
However, the same dmesg error pops up after some minutes...
Have the same problem as Will with my T480 on kernel 5.4.0-80-generic (Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS).
One can bring it back for a couple of minutes with the following:
sudo rmmod -f psmouse
sudo modprobe -v psmouse resync_time=5 resetafter=5
Also have a look at
xinput --list
to see if it both devices (synaptics and trackpoint) came back.
However, the same dmesg error pops up after some minutes...