For reasons I have not been able to pin down, the "click" function on the touchpad on my Dell Precision 5570 will occasionally (up to several times a day) stop working, meaning I am unable to click on anything until it resets itself. This reset happens probably 15 or 20 seconds later. If I plug in a USB mouse, clicking responds fine, even if the touchpad click is not working at the time; it's only the touchpad itself that doesn't click. The click malfunction does not affect cursor movement: even if the clicking doesn't work, moving the cursor with the touchpad does. Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: I haven't pinned down a sequence that makes it happen reliably. I notice it when typing, when using the Web browser, when playing games...there's no clear correlation. Actual Results: Pressing the touchpad doesn't do anything during the interval od 15-20 seconds. Expected Results: Pressing the touchpad is treated as a mouse click. This has been happening for a while---I have had this particular computer for about a year, so it dates back to at least Fedora 36, probably earlier.
This is still happening with kernel 6.4.11-200.fc38.x86_64.
Still occurs with kernel 6.5.11-300.fc39.x86_64.
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