libinput sends Intel HID switches table-mode on non convertible laptops (Dell XPS 17 9710)
Description:
On the new Dell XPS 17 9710 this behavior can be reproduced, by just using the unit for some time with wayland and gnome.
The behavior is the same, at some random point of time, the keyboard and trackpad will stop responding entirely. I tracked this down to be an issue with libinput sending linux into the table-mode which does in fact disable keypresses and the trackpad.
The following event is being triggered (without any button ever pressed):
-event257 SWITCH_TOGGLE +496.842s switch tablet-mode state 1correlating to
-event257 DEVICE_ADDED Intel HID switches seat0 default group14 cap:SThis makes the device pretty much unusable with wayland.