further to my comment above: dmesg | egrep psmouse gives:
[ 2.382721] psmouse: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel [ 2.984048] psmouse serio1: elantech: assuming hardware version 3 (with firmware version 0x450f01) [ 3.008439] psmouse serio1: elantech: Synaptics capabilities query result 0x58, 0x17, 0x0c. [ 3.243115] psmouse serio1: elantech: retrying ps2 command 0x0b (2). [ 3.947699] psmouse serio1: elantech: retrying ps2 command 0x0b (1). [ 4.652309] psmouse serio1: elantech: retrying ps2 command 0x0b (0). [ 5.156768] psmouse serio1: elantech: ps2 command 0x0b failed. [ 5.156802] psmouse serio1: elantech: failed to write register 0x10 with value 0x0b. [ 5.156837] psmouse serio1: elantech: failed to initialise registers. [ 5.156866] psmouse serio1: elantech: failed to put touchpad into absolute mode. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1272777 Title: Elantech touchpads not fully supported for some Gigabyte laptops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1272777/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
