With latest BIOS (1.38) BIOS Touchpad option ---> Advanced
$ xinput ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ SYN1B7D:01 06CB:2991 UNKNOWN id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ HD WebCam id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=12 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Acer WMI hotkeys id=13 [slave keyboard (3)] $ dmesg | grep -E "(mouse|input)" [ 1.165308] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0 [ 1.165406] input: Sleep Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input1 [ 1.165515] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input2 [ 1.165642] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3 [ 1.212852] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice [ 1.235119] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4 [ 14.618391] input: Acer WMI hotkeys as /devices/virtual/input/input5 [ 14.620170] input: Acer BMA150 accelerometer as /devices/virtual/input/input6 [ 14.668719] input: SYN1B7D:01 06CB:2991 UNKNOWN as /devices/platform/80860F41:00/i2c-0/i2c-SYN1B7D:01/0018:06CB:2991.0001/input/input7 [ 14.669434] hid-multitouch 0018:06CB:2991.0001: input,hidraw0: <UNKNOWN> HID v1.00 Mouse [SYN1B7D:01 06CB:2991] on [ 14.817821] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:01/input/input9 [ 14.858526] sound hdaudioC0D0: inputs: [ 14.914761] input: HD WebCam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/input/input10 [ 14.943288] input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11 [ 14.943524] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input12 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1385937 Title: [Acer Travelmate B115-M] Synaptic touchpad not correctly detected in kernel 3.16 after upgrade to Ubuntu 14.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1385937/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs