I found a setting in the BIOS, named "touchpad". It was set to "Advanced". If I set it to "Basic", the touchpad works. I think it may prevent the advanced features (like zooming with two fingers) to work, but since they never worked for me on Linux, I don't know...
-- 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/1450400 Title: Elantech touchpad not recognized Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On a Packard Bell EasyNote ENTG71BM, the ETPS/2 Elantech touchpad is not recognized at all, even in /proc/bus/input/devices. On 14.04, it was recognized as PS/2, and I fixed that with a patch (see bug #1166442). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: linux-image-3.19.0-15-lowlatency 3.19.0-15.15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-lowlatency 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-lowlatency x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: bruno 1326 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Apr 30 11:38:01 2015 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2003b843-36cb-4ba8-85be-9dcc912163c5 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-29 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) MachineType: Packard Bell Easynote ENTG71BM ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-15-lowlatency root=UUID=d6ed91ee-1eeb-4554-bb2c-3373872eb670 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.19.0-15-lowlatency N/A linux-backports-modules-3.19.0-15-lowlatency N/A linux-firmware 1.143 SourcePackage: linux UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type: '/var/log/udev' UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/11/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp. dmi.bios.version: V1.07 dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Easynote ENTG71BM dmi.board.vendor: Packard Bell dmi.board.version: V1.07 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Packard Bell dmi.chassis.version: V1.07 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV1.07:bd09/11/2014:svnPackardBell:pnEasynoteENTG71BM:pvrV1.07:rvnPackardBell:rnEasynoteENTG71BM:rvrV1.07:cvnPackardBell:ct10:cvrV1.07: dmi.product.name: Easynote ENTG71BM dmi.product.version: V1.07 dmi.sys.vendor: Packard Bell To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1450400/+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
