Alexander, Have you tried with xorg-server 1.17.x?
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:mlankhorst/ppa sudo perl -pi.vivid -e 's/utopic/vivid/' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mlankhorst-ubuntu-ppa-utopic.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-core On Wednesday, 2015-03-04 at 07:29:13 PM, Alexander Baldwin scribbled: > Confirmed on HP ENVY 17 (J130EA) with 14.10 x64. VT switch workaround > does not work, nor any patches I've tried. > > Also seems to be the case on my desktop (custom build, non-nVidia > graphics card, USB mouse and PS/2 keyboard). > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220426 > > Title: > [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/1220426/+subscriptions > -- Benjamin Lee mailto:benjamin....@realthought.net Melbourne, Australia http://www.realthought.net Linux / BSD / GNU tel:+61 4 16 BEN LEE Open Source "para nuestro mundo" __________________________________________________________________________ If you want to know how old a man is, ask his brother-in-law. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220426 Title: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad Status in X.Org X server: Fix Released Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Using Asus N43SL laptop as an example, with nvidia-prime installed, so the dedicated NVIDIA graphics card (GT 540m) is in use, once in a while, my screen will freeze when I use my touchpad. WORKAROUND: Use USB mouse. WORKAROUND: Uninstall nvidia-prime and use integrated graphics. WORKAROUND: Do a VT switch via Ctrl+Alt+F1 then Ctrl+Alt+F7. 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: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1220426/+attachment/3801516/+files/Xorg.0.log The following upstream report has a patch that addresses this issue: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86288 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+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