Ok guys, I've had the same issue for a while now on my Asus K53S running various

versions of Ubuntu now.

I've applied the patch to my Elementary OS Freya machine just now, and so far (f
or ~30 mins) it's working beautifully (Note it has crashed very early for me, of
ten after a few seconds).
I'm writing some more detailed instructions for you, as I had some issues during
patching as well, but before you read this I want to clarify that I am by no me
ans
an advanced Linux user. These noob-friendly instructions should work on any Ubun
tu 14.04 based distros, but please correct me if there are some unnecessary step
s or something is wrong:
0. Prerequisites (I don't think you really need those if you know what you're do
ing :P)
Make sure you have an Internet connection and about 2GB of free disk space in yo
ur home directory.
Install the nvidia-331.38 driver, go into the NVIDIA X Server Settings app and s
elect the Intel GPU under "PRIME Profiles" (enter superuser password and logout/
reboot needed afterwards).
1. Enable software sources
Go to your Software Updater, go to Settings and check "Source code" under "Ubunt
u Software" and under "Other Software",
check all PPAs suffixed with the "(Source Code)" just to be on the save side. (I
assume only the ../yourOS/branch/ubuntu trusty main ones really matter).
2. Downloading the patch
Download or copy the patch text file (https://launchpadlibrarian.net/190259378/0
001-os-Fix-timer-race-conditions.patch) into your Downloads folder and name it "
nvidia-psmouse.patch".
3. Patching and Installation
For all of these you need a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), commands are prefixed with "f
oldername$ " so you know where you are ;). As usual, close any other programm, b
labla.
Switch to the directory where you placed the patch file:
~$ cd ~/Downloads
Run an apt update to be save (takes a few secs):
~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get update
Build the needed dependencies (takes a few minutes, type "Y" to all questions):
~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get build-dep xorg-server
Get the source code of the packages we're going to patch (may take a bit):
~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get source xorg-server
There should now be a new folder inside your Downloads directory, move into it:
~/Downloads$ cd xorg-server-1.15.1
Apply the patch:
~/Downloads/xorg-server-1.15.1$ sudo patch -p1 < ../nvidia-psmouse.patch
Compile the patched source (this takes a looong time and prints loads of stuff,
be patient):
~/Downloads/xorg-server-1.15.1$ sudo fakeroot debian/rules binary
Once that has finished, the compiled .deb files are in your Downloads, move into
that dir:

~/Downloads/xorg-server-1.15.1$ cd ..
There should now be 11 "*.deb" files in that folder (run ll *.deb to check).
As nielsmayer pointed out we need to install only two: xserver-common_1.15.1 and
xserver-xorg-core_1.15.1 (The exakt file names vary depending on your distro! J
ust type the first few letters and hit the TAB key to get them typing this comma
nd):
~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i ./xserver-common_1.15.1-0ubuntu2.3_all.deb ./xserver-x
org-core_1.15.1-0ubuntu2.3_amd64.deb
Once that has finished you can reapply your NVIDIA GPU in the X Server Settings,
reboot and if all worked well you should have a working graphics and touchpad d
river now!
Now a few questions to the devs from myself:
1. Once there is an update for xserver, does the patch stop that/do we still get
notified/can we install it?
2. If the update doesn't come with the patch built-in, I assume we need to reapp
ly it?
Oh my god I'm so happy to finally have working drivers xD!