[Bug 1285934] [NEW] track pad often freezes or gets jerky - it works intermittently

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Public bug reported:

Randomly, the trackpad will stop movingthe pointer around the screen
reliably. It may freeze for a second, or several. Or it may repeatedly
freeze and release a few times a second, making it jerk across the
screen. Scrolling is affected the same way. I found a workaround that
involves turning psmouse off and on again. That seems to work. Sometimes
just for a few minutes, other times for a few days.

Second problem: The system clock disappeared from the 'taskbar' at the
top. The clock settings in the system settings menu was grayed out. I
found a procedure to turn that on and off again too. So far so good.

The first problem might have happened a little bit under 13.04 as well,
I'm not certain if the first time was before or after the upgrade to
13.10

Sorry I'm a noob. I'm not even sure if this is the right way to make a
bug report.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.205.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-17.31-generic 3.11.10.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: i386
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Thu Feb 27 18:17:10 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-24 (279 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2014-02-04 (23 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug dist-upgrade i386 saucy

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Title:
  track pad often freezes or gets jerky - it works intermittently

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Randomly, the trackpad will stop movingthe pointer around the screen
  reliably. It may freeze for a second, or several. Or it may repeatedly
  freeze and release a few times a second, making it jerk across the
  screen. Scrolling is affected the same way. I found a workaround that
  involves turning psmouse off and on again. That seems to work.
  Sometimes just for a few minutes, other times for a few days.

  Second problem: The system clock disappeared from the 'taskbar' at the
  top. The clock settings in the system settings menu was grayed out. I
  found a procedure to turn that on and off again too. So far so good.

  The first problem might have happened a little bit under 13.04 as
  well, I'm not certain if the first time was before or after the
  upgrade to 13.10

  Sorry I'm a noob. I'm not even sure if this is the right way to make a
  bug report.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.205.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-17.31-generic 3.11.10.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-17-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
  Architecture: i386
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Thu Feb 27 18:17:10 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-24 (279 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: release-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2014-02-04 (23 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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