Following the instructions @ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingTouchpadDetection:
Laptop model: Acer C710 Chromebook
Manufacturer of the Touchpad: Cypress APA I2C Trackpad
When the symptom first appeared: Never worked from clean install of Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit
Touchpad has not worked since clean install of Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit. External mouse (Microsoft [I know, I'm sorry.] Arc Touch Mouse) works fine. I'll attach `dmesg`, `/proc/bus/input/devices` and `/var/log/Xorg.0.log` as according to the instructions.
Additionally, I've run `ubuntu-bug linux`, `/proc/version_signature` says: "Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3", `lsb_release -rd` says: "Description: Ubuntu 13.10, Release: 13.10" and I've attached `lspci -vnvn.log`.
The Long Story
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I've used the Acer C710 Chromebook to run ChrUbuntu 12.04, upgraded through to 13.04 and very briefly 13.10. The Cypress APA Trackpad has been widely panned and in my personal experience, "barely works" is a kind way of describing this worthless hardware.
Today, I jumpered the hardware firmware write-protect described @ http://johnlewis.ie/pre-built-coreboot-firmware-for-chromebooks/, flashed it with coreboot / seabios and performed a clean install of Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit. That's when the trackpad went from "barely working" to not being detected.
I appreciate anyone looking into this and just holler if I can provide more information!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: linux-image-3.11.0-12-generic 3.11.0-12.19 [modified: boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: jamesfu 1681 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Fri Oct 18 18:01:51 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=6d83da9c-9b60-4e1d-b8fb-eefb272e3867
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-18 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MachineType: Google Parrot
MarkForUpload: True
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=681ddcfe-077f-443c-996c-5e553551d2d9 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-12-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-12-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.116
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/03/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: coreboot
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Google
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvncoreboot:bvr:bd09/03/2013:svnGoogle:pnParrot:pvr1.0:cvnGoogle:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Parrot
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Google
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