Synaptics Touchpad not detected as touchpad in "Mouse and Touchpad" settings after updating kernel to 3.13.0-44-generic on Acer Aspire E5-471, two-finger scrolling not working
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Kernel: 3.13.0-44-generic #73-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 16 00:22:43 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
After udating my system and rebooting, I noticed that the two-finger scrolling had stopped working. When I checked the "Mouse and Touchpad" settings, only a mouse was listed.
xinput returns:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad 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)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ HD WebCam id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Acer WMI hotkeys id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
summary: |
Synaptics Touchpad not detected as touchpad in "Mouse and Touchpad" settings after updating kernel to 3.13.0-44-generic on Acer Aspire - E5-471 + E5-471, two-finger scrolling not working |
affects: | ubuntu → linux (Ubuntu) |
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