Touchpad freezes when using Firefox on Fedora 43

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Hi all. I am having an issue with my touchpad seeming to lose connection, apparently specifically when using Firefox on Fedora 43. I’ll load a page, start scrolling and then the touchpad becomes unresponsive for 1-3 seconds. I know the system isn’t freezing because the page still continues to scroll and animate, I just can’t control it anymore. The cursor remains static. It’s a new laptop I just bought today so haven’t tried a mouse yet. I am not a hardened Linux user so just looking for some advice on how to go about diagnosing.

System:
  Host: nikita Kernel: 6.18.13-200.fc43.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: Sway v: 1.11 Distro: Fedora Linux 43 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Notebook product: V54x_6x_TU v: V540TU
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Notebook model: V54x_6x_TU v: V540TU serial: <superuser required>
    Firmware: UEFI vendor: 3mdeb v: Dasharo (coreboot+UEFI) v1.0.1
    date: 01/29/2026
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 66.8 Wh (91.8%) condition: 72.8/72 Wh (101.2%)
CPU:
  Info: 14-core (4-mt/10-st) model: Intel Core Ultra 5 125H bits: 64
    type: MST AMCP cache: L2: 14 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1288 min/max: 400/4500:3600:2500 cores: 1: 1288 2: 1288
    3: 1288 4: 1288 5: 1288 6: 1288 7: 1288 8: 1288 9: 1288 10: 1288 11: 1288
    12: 1288 13: 1288 14: 1288 15: 1288 16: 1288 17: 1288 18: 1288
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P [Intel Arc Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: Bison BisonCam NB Pro driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 compositor: Sway v: 1.11
    driver: gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.3.5 renderer: Mesa Intel Arc
    Graphics (MTL)
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
  Info: Tools: api: glxinfo wl: swaymsg x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop,
    xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  API: ALSA v: k6.18.13-200.fc43.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.10 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: c6:0c:5e:0b:da:6a
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-LM driver: e1000e
  IF: eno0 state: down mac: d4:93:90:55:34:38
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb type: USB
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 6.36 GiB (1.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: GOODRAM model: SSDPR-PX600-500-80
    size: 465.76 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 463.17 GiB used: 5.85 GiB (1.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
  ID-2: /boot size: 1.9 GiB used: 508.3 MiB (26.1%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 19.3 MiB (3.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-4: /home size: 463.17 GiB used: 5.85 GiB (1.3%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: 29.8 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2390
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.98 GiB used: 6.53 GiB (21.1%)
  Processes: 439 Uptime: 6h 7m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.40

Thanks!

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Open a terminal and run journalctl -f in there - it’ll show you the system log in real time.

Replicate the issue (is this ONLY in Firefox or can you use other software to cause this issue)?

Post the last 50 or so lines of output from that journalctl command - we’re looking for resets/timeouts and general warnings about i2c, touchpad, hid - that kind of stuff.

You could also try installing another browser to see if this really is only related to Firefox or whether it’s a more generic thing.

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I tried looking in journalctl -f and was able to reproduce the issue but literally nothing about i2c, touchpad or hid. I will install another browser and report back.