Comment 60 for bug 787738

(In reply to icebear.loves.cookies from comment #40)
> Just created an account to say exactly the same thing that's been said over
> and over and hopefully this can get sorted out.
>
> Thinkpad x395 yoga on Arch linux-lts 6.6.28-1-lts I tried all kernels for
> arch and nothing.
> I'm forced to reload psmouse every time the trackpoint stops working. It
> seems to be spotty at best. Sometimes it's not detected after boot sometimes
> it is. It's an Elantech trackpoint. Here's the logs:
> [ 6035.568923] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync
> at byte 1
> [ 6035.570351] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync
> at byte 1
> [ 6035.570363] psmouse serio1: issuing reconnect request
> [ 6036.332627] psmouse serio1: synaptics: queried max coordinates: x
> [..5678], y [..4760]
> [ 6036.366980] psmouse serio1: synaptics: queried min coordinates: x
> [1266..], y [1092..]
> [ 6275.304399] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync
> at byte 1
> [ 6275.305556] psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync
> at byte 1
> [ 6275.305569] psmouse serio1: issuing reconnect request
> [ 6276.061561] psmouse serio1: synaptics: queried max coordinates: x
> [..5678], y [..4760]
> [ 6276.096558] psmouse serio1: synaptics: queried min coordinates: x
> [1266..], y [1092..
> This is what gets reported every time it fails. Listed as: I: Bus=0011
> Vendor=0002 Product=000a Version=0000
> N: Name="TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint"
> P: Phys=synaptics-pt/serio0/input0
> S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/input/input19
> U: Uniq=
> H: Handlers=event8 mouse3
> B: PROP=21
> B: EV=7
> B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0
> B: REL=3
> under /proc/bus/input/devices
>
> Works fine under windows I even upgraded the trackpoint's firmware to see if
> it helped (it did not)

To add to this sometimes when I reload the psmouse module my kernel crashes (you get that blinking caps lock light)