I've added to apport data to LP: #1670109 For the record, 4.10 is the first Ubuntu kernel to support the 'Microsoft Surface Type Cover' keyboard and touchpad, but the touchpad support is very basic (no multitouch).
For the touchscreen and pen to work one would need the out of tree patches mentioned in the original report. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1652815 Title: Surface Pro 4 Touch/Pen requires IPTS Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hardware: Microsoft Surface Pro 4, 4gb/128gb nvme drive Expected Behaviour: Pen/Touch function Actual Behaviour: Pen/Touch do not work or respond to anything Kernel/Ubuntu Versions: All Cause: Hardware requires IPTS (Intel Precision Touch & Stylus) to function. This is because touch processing is accelerated by the Intel Skylake GPU. IPTS driver can be found here: https://github.com/ipts-linux-org/ipts- linux-new/wiki Kernel compile under Debian with other Surface-specific patches can be found here: https://github.com/jimdigriz/debian-mssp4 On Reddit there are some custom kernels floating around with support patched in: https://www.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/comments/4t64zt/getting_the_sp4_running_with_ubuntu_1604/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1652815/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
