Public bug reported: To reproduce boot the 14.04 release candiate i386 iso and on my hp laptop with hard profile https://gist.github.com/dabcbbc9bdcb7ed8d87d and boot and try to use the touchpad and it will not work. I input a usb keyboard keyboard with touchpad and mini keyboard. However it appears that xorg-xserver-input-synapitcs does not get any output. Running the cmomand synclient from the command line gives me the output Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded? xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-vivid: Installed: 1.8.1-1ubuntu1~trusty1 Candidate: 1.8.1-1ubuntu1~trusty1 Version table: *** 1.8.1-1ubuntu1~trusty1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status It appears that the driver for the vivid version of X is installed and vivid has the touhcpad working. So this might be something in the way the updated x input drivers get loaded. I
I expected the touchpad to work like it did with trusty with 3.13 kernel utpoic all the way through wiley it works in all of those. Instead the touchpad doesn't move the cursor or click and the scrollwheel along the side does not work. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-vivid 1.8.1-1ubuntu1~trusty1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-25.26~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt2 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 Architecture: i386 CasperVersion: 1.340.1 CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Mon Aug 3 22:36:23 2015 LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta i386 (20150803.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-vivid UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-vivid (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1481104 Title: synaptics does not load in live session for my laptop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-vivid/+bug/1481104/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs