Touchpad issue

I am having issues with my trackpad.
After a period of inactivity tracking becomes edgy or does not work at all.
I have to reboot to get it working properly again.

Any suggestions?

lsmod | grep -i psmouse
psmouse               245760  0
libps2                 20480  2 atkbd,psmouse
serio                  28672  6 serio_raw,atkbd,psmouse,i8042
anarcho@LuNoHo:~$sudo dmesg | grep -i touchpad
[    2.574317] input: DLL07BF:01 06CB:7A13 Touchpad as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.1/i2c_designware.1/i2c-1/i2c-DLL07BF:01/0018:06CB:7A13.0001/input/input7
[    2.648309] input: DLL07BF:01 06CB:7A13 Touchpad as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.1/i2c_designware.1/i2c-1/i2c-DLL07BF:01/0018:06CB:7A13.0001/input/input10
xinput --list-props "DLL07BF:01 06CB:7A13 Touchpad"
Device 'DLL07BF:01 06CB:7A13 Touchpad':
        Device Enabled (212):   1
        Coordinate Transformation Matrix (214): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
        libinput Tapping Enabled (342): 0
        libinput Tapping Enabled Default (343): 0
        libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (344):    1
        libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (345):    1
        libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled (346):       0
        libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled Default (347):       0
        libinput Tapping Button Mapping Enabled (348):  1, 0
        libinput Tapping Button Mapping Default (349):  1, 0
        libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (350):       0
        libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (351):       0
        libinput Disable While Typing Enabled (352):    1
        libinput Disable While Typing Enabled Default (353):    1
        libinput Scroll Methods Available (354):        1, 1, 0
        libinput Scroll Method Enabled (355):   1, 0, 0
        libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (356):   1, 0, 0
        libinput Click Methods Available (357): 1, 1
        libinput Click Method Enabled (358):    0, 1
        libinput Click Method Enabled Default (359):    1, 0
        libinput Clickfinger Button Mapping Enabled (360):      1, 0
        libinput Clickfinger Button Mapping Default (361):      1, 0
        libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (362):        0
        libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (363):        0
        libinput Accel Speed (364):     0.000000
        libinput Accel Speed Default (365):     0.000000
        libinput Accel Profiles Available (366):        1, 1, 1
        libinput Accel Profile Enabled (367):   1, 0, 0
        libinput Accel Profile Enabled Default (368):   1, 0, 0
        libinput Accel Custom Fallback Points (369):    <no items>
        libinput Accel Custom Fallback Step (370):      0.000000
        libinput Accel Custom Motion Points (371):      <no items>
        libinput Accel Custom Motion Step (372):        0.000000
        libinput Accel Custom Scroll Points (373):      <no items>
        libinput Accel Custom Scroll Step (374):        0.000000
        libinput Left Handed Enabled (375):     0
        libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (376):     0
        libinput Send Events Modes Available (327):     1, 1
        libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (328):        0, 0
        libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (329):        0, 0
        Device Node (330):      "/dev/input/event6"
        Device Product ID (331):        1739, 31251
        libinput Drag Lock Buttons (377):       <no items>
        libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (378):       1
        libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance (379):        15
        libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance Default (380):        15
        libinput High Resolution Wheel Scroll Enabled (381):    1
garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 6.12.13-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
    root=UUID=cfe58ff1-10f6-4a0f-bf00-e7c82f3b3a89 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet resume=UUID=804a5b91-748b-4e0e-9b50-cd4994cf4a32 loglevel=3
    snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.10.0
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Precision 5520 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0R6JFH v: A00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 07BF
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.40.0 date: 09/03/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 59.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 59.3/97.1 Wh (61.1%)
    volts: 12.5 min: 11.8 model: LGC-LGC8.33 DELL 5XJ28 type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-7820HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake
    gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF8
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
    desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1160 min/max: 800/3900 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: performance cores: 1: 1160 2: 1160 3: 1160 4: 1160 5: 1160 6: 1160
    7: 1160 8: 1160 bogomips: 46419
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:591b
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM107GLM [Quadro M1200 Mobile] vendor: Dell
    driver: nvidia v: 570.86.16 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
    non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-2019 pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:13b6 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-12:3
    chip-ID: 0c45:6713 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.5
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau
    alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Sharp 0x1453 built: 2015 res: mode: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 141 gamma: 1.2 size: 346x194mm (13.62x7.64")
    diag: 397mm (15.6") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11:
    drv: iris inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2)
    device-ID: 8086:591b memory: 15.17 GiB unified: yes
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 5 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
    HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:591b
    surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: discrete-gpu name: Quadro M1200
    driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:13b6 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 2 type: cpu
    name: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
    surfaces: xcb,xlib
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel CM238 HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a171 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.13-1-lts status: kernel-api
    tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b2 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: wg0-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, sshd, systemd-timesyncd,
    wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 8087:07dc
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 4 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 1.36 TiB (73.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: A-Data model: SX8200PNP
    size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 42AZS6AC temp: 35.9 C
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.83 TiB size: 1.83 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.36 TiB (74.5%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 20.1 MiB (6.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.83 TiB size: 1.83 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 1.36 TiB (74.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.83 TiB size: 1.83 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 1.36 TiB (74.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.83 TiB size: 1.83 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 1.36 TiB (74.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 34.18 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 31.07 GiB used: 15 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 8
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C pch: 52.5 C mobo: 51.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2501 fan-2: 2517
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.07 GiB used: 8.38 GiB (27.0%)
  Processes: 363 Power: uptime: 2h 14m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.37 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 1754 pm: pacman pkgs: 1753 libs: 468 tools: octopi,paru
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 1 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
    default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):
  System install date:     2024-05-31
  Last full system update: 2025-02-11
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            

After a certain period of inactivity of the touchpad or the entire laptop?

Disable while typing is set to enabled. Check if you still have the issue after disabling the option in the KDE settings → Mouse & Touchpad → Touchpad. Should have nothing to do with your issue, but you never know.

The most likely trigger for the issue could also be the power management. Have you set an automatic change of the energy profile after a specified time in the KDE settings under Power Management → Other Settings?
If so, set it to “Leave unchanged” (or set a user-defined timer for “When inactive”) and then check whether the issue still occurs.

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Thank you for the reply!
That sound like it might be relevant.
I had power issues recently
here
I thought this was solved as I no longer got error messages when updating but the crashing still occurs.

I do not see same settings though! There is no “Leave unchanged”.

Please answer all questions.

Do you also have the issues if you deactivate ALL energy-saving options?

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