12.04 LTS Beta 2, xorg touchpad input not registering.

[D. Evans]

The last time I used a Debian based linux was in 2002 so things have changed but this has me stumped.

I'm obviously using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Beta 2.
Hardware is an ASUS Zenbook UX31.

When I boot with my Logitech unified keyboard and mouse and go to X the input from both keyboards show up in X. However only the wireless mouse movement shows up in X.

Checking /dev/input the wireless mouse is on /dev/input/mouse0 and /dev/input/mice. I can see activity from the touchpad using /dev/input/mice and /dev/input/mouse1. I was surprised as I would have thought the onboard touchpad would have registered first.

When I last used X I was used to editing xorg.conf but I see this has all been abstracted. So I've found the xinput command in the hope this sheds some light.

david@Iapetus:~$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:4007 id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:4004 id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad id=14 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ USB2.0 VGA Webcam id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Asus WMI hotkeys id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]

This is probably an X11 configuration/detection issue as both keyboards can be used.

If you want me to try anything let me know. This is a new install and can be blown away without any angst at this time.

I believe this to be a bug as multiple keyboards and input devices are supported by X11 and I certainly had it working in Debian in 2002 and Gentoo in 2004 and FreeBSD in 2006.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Tue Apr 24 18:40:37 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. UX31E
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic root=UUID=b9dd7b1e-1a38-46a6-879a-f11562d6e8f6 ro splash pcie_aspm=force drm.vblankoffdelay=1 i915.semaphores=1 vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/20/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: UX31E.211
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: UX31E
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrUX31E.211:bd01/20/2012:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnUX31E:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnUX31E:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: UX31E
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu4
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[D. Evans (djve1960)]

Reinstalling restored touchpad functionality.

I did install and remove xfstt. I wonder if that caused the problem?

I had also been using the xrandr command but that shouldn't have caused a lock-out of the device.

There was no problems when booting to Windows 7, both keyboards and mice were recognized. Going back to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Beta 2 still only recognized the wireless mouse before the reinstall.

I'll update this bug tomorrow. It may have been the screen saver grabbing the touchpad input but that still doesn't make sense as the problem existed across a full power cycle.

And since Zenbooks are a very, very small usergroup I don't expect much help or for this to be priority but if anyone who reads this has any tests I'm happy to try them.

[D. Evans (djve1960)]

Bug to be closed. I've moved from the Beta to the release.