I have tried just i8042.noloop and that works!! but there's another problem that i will report as a separate bug.
in the meantime i am not sure what the status of this bug should be anymore -- Synaptics touchpad does not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/624695 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs