'ALPS Touchpad' incorrectly detected as PS/2 mouse in Hp 14-v015tu Notebook pc on any ubuntu version

[Owais Idris]

ALPS touchpad drivers.

$ sudo xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ PS/2 Generic Mouse id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ HP Truevision HD id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ HP Wireless hotkeys id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ HP WMI hotkeys id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]

Mouse and touchpad shows no touchpad tab.
No scrolling.
Current version Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.13.0-45-generic 3.13.0-45.74~precise1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-45.74~precise1-generic 3.13.11-ckt13
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-45-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.13.0-45-generic.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.8
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC290 Analog [ALC290 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: os 2044 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: os 2044 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'HDMI'/'HDA Intel HDMI at 0xb2610000 irq 64'
   Mixer name : 'Intel Haswell HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:80862807,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 21
   Simple ctrls : 3
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xb2614000 irq 62'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC290'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0290,103c227d,00100003'
   Controls : 23
   Simple ctrls : 11
Date: Fri Feb 13 22:34:05 2015
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=5ac3d70b-e236-46c2-95b1-68060639e393
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140807.1)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion 14 Notebook PC
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-45-generic root=UUID=d6336015-0087-450b-83dd-7ac1d4e5a218 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-45-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-45-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.18
SourcePackage: linux-lts-trusty
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/28/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
dmi.bios.version: F.33
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 227D
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 77.34
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.33:bd11/28/2014:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPavilion14NotebookPC:pvr0976100000405F10000610180:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn227D:rvr77.34:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion 14 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 0976100000405F10000610180
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Owais Idris, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.

As per http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-pavilion-14-v000-notebook-pc-series/6936223/model/7234454#Z7_3054ICK0K8UDA0AQC11TA930O2 an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (F.42). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette .

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report.

Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible:
1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not perform an apport-collect):
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
2) Please make a comment specifically advising on if there was an improvement or not.
3) Please mark this report Status Confirmed. If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid.

Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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