Dell Inspiron 1545 touchpad suddenly s-l-o-w

[Temlakos]

On 06/27/2014 06:53 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 06/28/14 06:28, Temlakos wrote:
>> On 06/27/2014 06:24 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>>> On 06/27/2014 03:11 PM, Zoltan Hoppar wrote:
>>>> if you provide more information
>>>> like your current kernel version, dmesg - fpaste link.. maybe I can
>>>> say more.
>>> It would be both quicker and easier to have Temlakos give us the response from uname -r as that will tell us exactly what we need in one simple step.
>> 3.14.8-200.fc20.x86_64
>> '
>> By the way: though it's monumentally annoying, I have a USB mouse on hand from a recent shipment. That works, and gives me some degree of satisfaction.
>>
>> Should I turn the touchpad off completely and use the USB mouse exclusively until I can solve the problem?
>>
>> I tried using KDE System Settings for the touchpad. But when I tried raising the sensitivity of the touchpad, all that happened was that it locked.
>>
> Too bad you reinstalled your system.  It would have easier to figure out what packages were most recently installed.
>
> Of course, you could try booting into the previous kernel to see if that is the problem.
>
> On my system there were updates to 3 xorg-x11-server pacages.  xorg-x11-server-common, xorg-x11-server-Xephyr, and xorg-x11-server-Xorg.  I believe they may influence pointing devices when run in GUI.
>
> Not sure if it is the same for touchpads, but my mouse does move a block around in runlevel 3.  You could boot to that and see if you get the same sort of things with your touchpad and if it is responsive.  Or, just downgrade the xorg packages to see if that has any effect.
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Booting into the kernel installed with the live spin did not work.

Here's another thing that has failed: wireless service.

I reinstalled the firmware, and the "wl" module. I even modprobed it.

It shows wireless enabled, but it won't make a connection. In fact, 
before I reinstalled the system, the wireless connection, that had been 
good, failed and never reactivated.

Other wireless devices, including a desktop running F20, will connect.

Temlakos