Touch pad not working on Surface Pro 3 Type Cover

[BitBurners.com]

Testing on the latest Ubuntu Gnome 15.10 daily image, the touch pad is not working on the Type Cover. The keyboard however works perfectly, so only the mouse features are missing.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: linux-image-4.2.0-14-generic 4.2.0-14.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-14.16-generic 4.2.2
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu-gnome 1638 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu-gnome 1638 F.... pulseaudio
CasperVersion: 1.365
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Oct 9 17:02:36 2015
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20151008)
MachineType: Microsoft Corporation Surface Pro 3
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-4.2.0-14-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-4.2.0-14-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.149
SourcePackage: linux
UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/05/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 3.11.0950
dmi.board.asset.tag: 0
dmi.board.name: Surface Pro 3
dmi.board.vendor: Microsoft Corporation
dmi.board.version: 1
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Microsoft Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: 1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3.11.0950:bd06/05/2015:svnMicrosoftCorporation:pnSurfacePro3:pvr1:rvnMicrosoftCorporation:rnSurfacePro3:rvr1:cvnMicrosoftCorporation:ct9:cvr1:
dmi.product.name: Surface Pro 3
dmi.product.version: 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Microsoft Corporation

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[penalvch (penalvch)]

BitBurners.com, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please test the latest upstream kernel available from the very top line at the top of the page from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D (the release names are irrelevant for testing, and please do not test the daily folder)? Install instructions are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds . This will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue.

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[BitBurners.com (lasse-penttinen)]

I am not able to install Ubuntu on this device yet, as it is is daily production use. Could someone else help to repro with an SP3 handy?

[Michael (mikewainberg)]

I fixed the touchpad by adding the following lines to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf:

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "Surface Pro 3 cover"
    MatchIsPointer "on"
    MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
    Driver "evdev"
    Option "vendor" "045e"
    Option "product" "07dc"
    Option "IgnoreAbsoluteAxes" "True"
EndSection

This fix was discussed at https://github.com/nuclearsandwich/surface3-archlinux/issues/4 and http://askubuntu.com/questions/620726/ubuntu-on-surface-pro-3-or-linux-at-all.

In my case, the type cover stopped working after upgrading to 15.10 because the upgrade overwrote /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf.

I'm not sure whether this matters, but there are two type cover USB IDs, 0x07de and 0x07e2, as discussed at https://www.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/comments/3dzriz/info_surface_pro_3_patch_status/. Maybe this fix only works for one of the two IDs.

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[Richard Harding (rharding)]

I can verify that this is still the case in 16.04 using ke3rnel 4.3.0-5. I can get the moues working with the added 10-evdev.conf updates but the multi-touch fails so there's no two finger scrolling or two finger tap for right click abilities in the latest kernel.

[Richard Harding (rharding)]

Note that I can also verify the comment that I have a new device id with the keyboard cover purchased and so there are two devices, mine is the 0x07e2.

[BitBurners.com (lasse-penttinen)]

Still reproducable on latest 16.04/Xenial daily build. I can type, but the touchpad is not working for mouse features.

Since the problem is well known and the fix rather simple (vendor ID), this should be fixed to 16.04.