When running the live CD iso from a USB stick on Lenovo X1 Carbon 6th, both the trackpad and trackpoint are unresponsive.
xinput reports what seems to be proper input devices:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint id=13 [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)]
↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Integrated Camera: Integrated C id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ ThinkPad Extra Buttons id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
After some time of swiping my finger on the trackpad and trying to use the trackpoint, they sometimes start working. The xinput output is then slighly different:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ PS/2 Generic Mouse id=13 [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)]
↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Integrated Camera: Integrated C id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ ThinkPad Extra Buttons id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
I will include the dmesg output in the comment. I will also see if trackpad and trackpoint survive a suspend (which is an issue in 18.04). I assume it's still an issue, even with 18.10's kernel.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: linux-image-4.18.0-10-generic 4.18.0-10.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 2224 F.... pulseaudio
CasperVersion: 1.399
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Oct 21 16:07:43 2018
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3)
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0781:5581 SanDisk Corp. Ultra
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13d3:56b2 IMC Networks
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: LENOVO 20KH006KPB
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=C.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-4.18.0-10-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-4.18.0-10-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.175
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/17/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: N23ET56W (1.31 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20KH006KPB
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: SDK0J40697 WIN
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: None
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN23ET56W(1.31):bd09/17/2018:svnLENOVO:pn20KH006KPB:pvrThinkPadX1Carbon6th:rvnLENOVO:rn20KH006KPB:rvrSDK0J40697WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th
dmi.product.name: 20KH006KPB
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20KH_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
Attached is dmesg output. It clearly indicates that the kernel tries to connect the device(s) a few times before it succeeds. Not ideal, but we can say it makes the distro installable if the user waits a few minutes for the reconnection.