Carlos S, as per http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=U43F&p=3&s=263&os=29&hashedid=DDYODBVDy72otwY4 an update is available for your BIOS (216). If you update to this, does it change anything?
If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-216 needs-upstream-testing regression- potential ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Summary changed: - ASUS U43F touchpad not detected by kernel + ASUS U43F touchpad not detected -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1086222 Title: ASUS U43F touchpad not detected Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: 'synaptiks' gives error "No touchpad found No touchpad was found in this system. If the system has a touchpad, please make sure that the synaptics driver is properly installed and configured. " ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: linux-image-3.5.0-19-generic 3.5.0-19.30 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-19.30-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-19-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: sosa 1690 F.... pulseaudio Date: Mon Dec 3 20:48:59 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-01-06 (332 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. U43F MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.5.0-19-generic root=UUID=4c52de16-3a45-4d08-8c4f-11522dfb6a17 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-19-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-19-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.95 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-12-03 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/07/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 215 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: U43 dmi.board.vendor: PEGATRON CORPORATION dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: PEGATRON Computer Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr215:bd08/07/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnU43F:pvr1.0:rvnPEGATRONCORPORATION:rnU43:rvr1.0:cvnPEGATRONComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: U43F dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1086222/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp