To help with fault-finding, I made these changes after I tested the upstream kernels.
Changes as per: http://askubuntu.com/questions/763584/elantech-touchpad-not-working-on-ubuntu /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="i8042.reset quiet splash" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" ^the above change in default boot made no difference, the touchpad was unresponsive. Then tried both of the below changes: /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="i8042.kbdreset=1 i8042.reset quiet splash" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad catchall" Driver "synaptics" MatchIsTouchpad "on" # Below two options as per http://askubuntu.com/questions/763584/elantech-touch$ Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "VertEdgeScroll" "1" At the moment, the touchpad is working well. In the past, the behaviour has been intermittent. It may or may not be a fix, but these changes *appear* to have had the touchpad recognised. If there's a log you need me to run, please let me 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/1641393 Title: 'Elan Touchpad' not detected in Ubuntu 16.04.1 Gigabyte P57K-965-603S Fresh install Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04.1 (July 27 2016, downloaded November 13 2016 from the official site) on the above machine, the Elan touchpad was not detected at all. An external mouse works perfectly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1641393/+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
