I am using a Gigabyte U24T laptop with a touchpad. My touchpad works on some boots but on others it goes missing without a trace. I have been told to look for it with 'xinput --list' and 'cat /proc/bus/input/devices' but neither of these return any touchpad related items. I have attached a link the output of the previously mentioned commands in their respective order.
http://pastebin.com/ZVt487wB
http://pastebin.com/qjjeq4BE
I can't give any information on the touchpad as it is currently in a non-working state, however, this may or may not change after a reboot. I believe it is an ElanTech touchpad.
Not sure what else I can do with this problem, it really annoying to randomly loose mouse functionality sometimes. I don't think it is a problem with the device itself as there have never been any problems in my Windows 8 install. They are boot using different boot methods, Linux is using GRUB through BIOS and Windows in using UEFI.
Hope this helps.
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ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: joshua 2994 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: joshua 2994 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: KDE
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=906c7251-9104-4d7a-b9b4-0c496248ff7d
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-24 (351 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MachineType: GIGABYTE U24
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-59-generic root=UUID=4e8eee5c-1c4a-446f-a7cd-3ee290b927ff ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-59.98-generic 3.13.11-ckt22
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-59-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-59-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.127.14
StagingDrivers: zram
Tags: trusty staging
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-59-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-03-20 (143 days ago)
UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 08/20/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: U24.307
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: U24
dmi.board.vendor: GIGABYTE
dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrU24.307:bd08/20/2014:svnGIGABYTE:pnU24:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGIGABYTE:rnU24:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: U24
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: GIGABYTE
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ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-24 (353 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
Package: linux (not installed)
Tags: trusty
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-040200rc6-generic x86_64
UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-03-20 (145 days ago)
UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
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