Touchpad seems pressed no matter not touching it

[Benjamin-Loison]

I figured out this issue between 07/11/24 13:30 - 14:00 UTC+1.

Should figure out last reboot time and intermediary APT logs.

last reboot

Output:

``` reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Sat Nov 9 14:42 still running reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Sat Nov 9 13:47 - 14:14 (00:26) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Sat Nov 9 12:56 - 13:13 (00:16) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Sat Nov 9 00:38 - 12:55 (12:16) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Fri Nov 8 23:04 - 00:36 (01:32) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Fri Nov 8 22:06 - 23:02 (00:55) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Thu Nov 7 23:51 - 21:30 (21:39) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Thu Nov 7 17:09 - 23:47 (06:38) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Thu Nov 7 16:58 - 23:47 (06:49) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Thu Nov 7 16:49 - 16:56 (00:06) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Thu Nov 7 15:46 - 16:49 (01:03) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Thu Nov 7 14:36 - 15:42 (01:05) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Thu Nov 7 14:10 - 14:35 (00:24) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Thu Nov 7 13:42 - 14:09 (00:26) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Wed Nov 6 22:39 - 14:09 (15:29) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Wed Nov 6 16:32 - 22:26 (05:54) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Sun Nov 3 21:40 - 16:27 (2+18:46) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Sun Nov 3 13:04 - 21:39 (08:35) reboot system boot 6.8.0-48-generic Sat Nov 2 00:22 - 03:26 (1+03:03) reboot system boot 6.8.0-47-generic Sun Oct 27 22:07 - 03:26 (6+05:18) reboot system boot 6.8.0-47-generic Sun Oct 27 15:08 - 22:06 (06:57) ```

I verified that 22:39 - 14:09 ~ 15:29.

So kernel version does not seem involved.

So since Wed Nov 6 14:09:

/var/log/apt/history.log:

``` ... Start-Date: 2024-11-02 13:46:12 Commandline: /usr/bin/apt-get autoremove --purge -y Purge: linux-modules-6.8.0-45-generic:amd64 (6.8.0-45.45), linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic:amd64 (6.8.0-45.45), linux-headers-6.8.0-45-generic:amd64 (6.8.0-45.45), linux-tools-6.8.0-45:amd64 (6.8.0-45.45), linux-headers-6.8.0-45:amd64 (6.8.0-45.45), linux-tools-6.8.0-45-generic:amd64 (6.8.0-45.45), linux-modules-extra-6.8.0-45-generic:amd64 (6.8.0-45.45) End-Date: 2024-11-02 13:46:25 Start-Date: 2024-11-06 00:34:08 Commandline: apt-get install --assume-yes --option Dpkg::Options::=--force-confnew chromium element-desktop firefox-locale-en firefox-locale-fr firefox gh git-lfs lintian libout123-0t64 libmpg123-dev libsyn123-0t64 libmpg123-0t64 libmpg123-0t64:i386 libopenjp2-7 libruby3.2 ruby3.2 thunderbird thunderbird-locale-en thunderbird-locale-fr thunderbird-locale-en-us Upgrade: firefox-locale-en:amd64 (132.0+linuxmint1+wilma, 132.0.1+linuxmint1+wilma), firefox-locale-fr:amd64 (132.0+linuxmint1+wilma, 132.0.1+linuxmint1+wilma), lintian:amd64 (2.117.0ubuntu1.1, 2.117.0ubuntu1.2), libout123-0t64:amd64 (1.32.5-1ubuntu1, 1.32.5-1ubuntu1.1), element-desktop:amd64 (1.11.83, 1.11.84), thunderbird:amd64 (1:128.4.0esr+linuxmint1+wilma, 1:128.4.1esr+linuxmint1+wilma), chromium:amd64 (130.0.6723.69~linuxmint1+wilma, 130.0.6723.91~linuxmint1+wilma), libruby3.2:amd64 (3.2.3-1ubuntu0.24.04.1, 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.24.04.3), firefox:amd64 (132.0+linuxmint1+wilma, 132.0.1+linuxmint1+wilma), thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 (1:128.4.0esr+linuxmint1+wilma, 1:128.4.1esr+linuxmint1+wilma), thunderbird-locale-fr:amd64 (1:128.4.0esr+linuxmint1+wilma, 1:128.4.1esr+linuxmint1+wilma), libmpg123-dev:amd64 (1.32.5-1ubuntu1, 1.32.5-1ubuntu1.1), libopenjp2-7:amd64 (2.5.0-2ubuntu0.1, 2.5.0-2ubuntu0.2), ruby3.2:amd64 (3.2.3-1ubuntu0.24.04.1, 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.24.04.3), libsyn123-0t64:amd64 (1.32.5-1ubuntu1, 1.32.5-1ubuntu1.1), gh:amd64 (2.45.0-1ubuntu0.1, 2.45.0-1ubuntu0.2), libmpg123-0t64:amd64 (1.32.5-1ubuntu1, 1.32.5-1ubuntu1.1), libmpg123-0t64:i386 (1.32.5-1ubuntu1, 1.32.5-1ubuntu1.1), thunderbird-locale-en-us:amd64 (1:128.4.0esr+linuxmint1+wilma, 1:128.4.1esr+linuxmint1+wilma), git-lfs:amd64 (3.4.1-1ubuntu0.1, 3.4.1-1ubuntu0.2) End-Date: 2024-11-06 00:35:11 Start-Date: 2024-11-07 14:33:47 Commandline: /usr/bin/apt upgrade -y Requested-By: benjamin (1000) Upgrade: mtr-tiny:amd64 (0.95-1.1build2, 0.95-1.1ubuntu0.1), signal-desktop:amd64 (7.31.0, 7.32.0) End-Date: 2024-11-07 14:33:56 ... ```

Could give a try to Debian 12 GNOME but it would require an actual production try which is not that easy.

A Bash command to remove parenthesis content of Upgrade would be nice.

paste | sed -E 's/:(amd64|i386) \([^)]*\)//g'

Source: the Stack Overflow answer 27826048

DuckDuckGo and Google search sed remove all parenthesis and their content.

firefox-locale-en, firefox-locale-fr, lintian, libout123-0t64, element-desktop, thunderbird, chromium, libruby3.2, firefox, thunderbird-locale-en, thunderbird-locale-fr, libmpg123-dev, libopenjp2-7, ruby3.2, libsyn123-0t64, gh, libmpg123-0t64, libmpg123-0t64, thunderbird-locale-en-us, git-lfs

I am not comfortable with all these packages but they don't look related in my opinion.

Distribution

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Package version

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Graphics hardware in use

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Frequency

Always

Bug description

On Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon Framework 13.

Rebooting has not solved the issue initially but seems to finally.

+3

Steps to reproduce

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Expected behavior

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Additional information

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[Benjamin-Loison]

I hope that my mainboard is not involved. It is maybe because I regularly open my laptop body.

[Benjamin-Loison]

https://frame.work/fr/en/products/keyboard?v=FRANBKEN06 costs 45 €. The 109 € https://frame.work/fr/en/products/input-cover-kit?v=FRANHC0006 seems to have unrelevant plastic around the keyboard.

Otherwise I checked all marketplace relevant items.

[Benjamin-Loison]

Host key + m, minimize virtualbox OS window

The Host key is [...] right Ctrl by default.

Source: the Stack Overflow answer 42287971

[Benjamin-Loison]

Benjamin_Loison/gnome-terminal/issues/7 would help.

[Benjamin-Loison]

Adding .desktop entries to the start menu to reset the touchpad and the mouse could help as sometimes I am able to type Terminal and open one but there is no focus on it, hence I cannot write any command.

Maybe could otherwise leverage ctrl + alt + FN, especially as it does not log us out.

[Benjamin-Loison]

Should define a custom shortcut to reset the touchpad and the mouse as sometimes can't access a Terminal nor the start menu. Maybe just the keyboard is not working, hence a shortcut would not help.

I set as custom keyboard shortcut to debug Touchpad and Mouse ctrl + alt + a/z.

[Benjamin-Loison]

~/debug_touchpad.sh:

```bash #!/usr/bin/bash for action in disable enable do xinput $action 'PIXAXXXX:00 XXXX:XXXX Touchpad' done ```

~/debug_mouse.sh:

```bash #!/usr/bin/bash for action in disable enable do xinput $action 'PIXAXXXX:00 XXXX:XXXX Mouse' done ```