Dan Kegel, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
As per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases your release is EOL.
If you have an issue in a supported release (ex. 16.04) please file a
new report, and feel free to subscribe me to it.
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The solution in this Thread worked for me:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=7=118236
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487748
Title:
Touchpad not recognized in Aspire E15
Workaround in comment #2 fixes the problem on the Acer Aspire One
Cloudbook 11 AO1-131-C9PM also. Thanks SO much! Been banging my head
against the wall on this one for a day now.
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Importance: Undecided = High
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Touchpad not recognized in Aspire E15 e5-573g-59c3
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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Status: New = Confirmed
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Workaround: at boot, press F2 to get into BIOS, then set trackpad to Basic
instead of Advanced.
This even lets you scroll with a two-fingered gesture, and changes the output
of
cat /proc/bus/input/devices to:
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0007 Version=01b1
N: Name=SynPS/2 Synaptics
