So, I read in a thread that someone was having something similar happen to them and they built the 4.14 kernel and this fixed the issue. I decided to pull and build the Bionic kernel from git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-bionic and install that on my Artful laptop and now everything appears to be working normal. The touchpad is fully responsive and working as it should. I will continue to test throughout the weekend, but it looks like the current 4.15.0-10-generic kernel does fix the elan touchpad issue on the GL702VD.
-- 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/1738263 Title: Touchpad not working and locking CPU Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Notebook: ASUS GL703VD Touchpad: probably ELAN clickpad it seems to be connected to i2c bus the modules loaded are elan_i2c and multitouch_hid the multitouch hid module take almost 100% of cpu and the mouse cursor moves badly (loosing it for a second or 2 then resuming) also feature clicks and doubleclicks and sensitivity problems. doing rmmod hid-multitouch.ko (or rmmod multitouch_hid) and blacklisting the module solves the cpu problem but obviously the touchoad is dead. SEVERITY VERY HIGH It probably affects many other ASUS models. (the touchpad works perfectly in windows 10 by the way) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1738263/+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