[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1540051] Re: ASUS R556U or X555UF , touchpad work but does not recognize two-finger-tap as middle mouse button

This bug appears to be similar to this one that was reported to RedHat: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281990 ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #1281990 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281990 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desk

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1540051] Re: ASUS R556U or X555UF , touchpad work but does not recognize two-finger-tap as middle mouse button

I can confirm that this bug manifests on my Asus G552VW as well. With the 4.2.0-30-generic kernel, the ELAN1000:00 trackpad is not recognized as a trackpad and gets treated as a "evdev pointer catchall" by X. I also tried last week's 4.4 and 4.5 kernels. Both of them resulted in a non-functional