Comment 17 for bug 296610

I also have an E6500 and see the same flaky behavior with my touchpad.

rhau@rhau-laptop:~$ xinput -list
"Virtual core pointer" id=0 [XPointer]
 Num_buttons is 32
 Num_axes is 2
 Mode is Relative
 Motion_buffer is 256
 Axis 0 :
  Min_value is -1
  Max_value is -1
  Resolution is 0
 Axis 1 :
  Min_value is -1
  Max_value is -1
  Resolution is 0
"Virtual core keyboard" id=1 [XKeyboard]
 Num_keys is 248
 Min_keycode is 8
 Max_keycode is 255
"AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" id=2 [XExtensionKeyboard]
 Num_keys is 248
 Min_keycode is 8
 Max_keycode is 255
"HID 413c:8157" id=3 [XExtensionKeyboard]
 Num_keys is 248
 Min_keycode is 8
 Max_keycode is 255
"Video Bus" id=4 [XExtensionKeyboard]
 Num_keys is 248
 Min_keycode is 8
 Max_keycode is 255
"Macintosh mouse button emulation" id=5 [XExtensionPointer]
 Num_buttons is 32
 Num_axes is 2
 Mode is Relative
 Motion_buffer is 256
 Axis 0 :
  Min_value is -1
  Max_value is -1
  Resolution is 1
 Axis 1 :
  Min_value is -1
  Max_value is -1
  Resolution is 1
"PS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad" id=6 [XExtensionPointer]
 Num_buttons is 32
 Num_axes is 2
 Mode is Relative
 Motion_buffer is 256
 Axis 0 :
  Min_value is -1
  Max_value is -1
  Resolution is 1
 Axis 1 :
  Min_value is -1
  Max_value is -1
  Resolution is 1

DMESG

[ 542.068494] psmouse.c: issuing reconnect request
[ 542.599497] synaptics was reset on resume, see synaptics_resume_reset if you have trouble on resume
[ 543.536733] input: DualPoint Stick as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input11
[ 543.582886] input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input12
[ 703.976093] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec
[ 765.972244] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 22500 nsec
[ 913.979397] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 5
[ 913.980420] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
[ 913.985205] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
[ 913.986402] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
[ 913.987585] psmouse.c: DualPoint TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
[ 913.987591] psmouse.c: issuing reconnect request
[ 914.498336] synaptics was reset on resume, see synaptics_resume_reset if you have trouble on resume
[ 915.774945] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
[ 916.585221] input: PS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input13