Touchpad freezing and registering random clicks while scrolling (HP 15-bs1xx)

Hi everyone,

I’m dealing with a frustrating issue regarding the touchpad on my laptop. Whenever I try to scroll, the touchpad frequently freezes up or registers phantom/random clicks across the screen.

System Details:

  • OS: Fedora 44 Workstation
  • Device: HP laptop 15-bs1xx
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-8250U @ 1.60GHz (1.80 GHz)
  • RAM: 8.00 GB
  • GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620 (128 MB)

What I have tried so far: I suspected the known Synaptics hardware conflict, so I attempted to disable InterTouch by applying the following kernel parameter: sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0" Unfortunately, this did not resolve the freezing or the clicking.

Has anyone with a similar HP laptop encountered this recently? Are there specific libinput debugging steps I should run to capture these ghost events, or other kernel parameters (like forcing proto=imps or adjusting the i8042 controller) that might stabilize the connection?

Thanks in advance for your guidance!

Best regards,
N S Rawat