Christopher M. Penalver (penalvch), the touchpad only works when the system is booted directly from the live dvds I have tried. These are 12.04.0 and 14.04.1. It doesn't work on any kernel when booted from the hard drive.
Just to reiterate, the touchpad did work when purchased earlier this year. It came preinstalled with 12.04.1 LTS and the latest kernel it was working on was 3.5.0-54. The touchpad will not work now when booted from 3.5.0-54. Hence my comment on update #22 that it seemed more like an upgrade/ configuration issue. I started off on this route months ago and the best "advice" seemed to be to rebuild the system from scratch. I followed all the advice about raising bugs and how to determine what category it should be and all this led me to believe that it was a kernel issue. There seems to be a lot more information available now regarding touchpad issues in general and it was this that led me to the comments on #23 and #24. Hope this helps Regards ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- 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/1362584 Title: [HP 255 G1 Notebook PC] Synaptics Touchpad not Working after upgrade from 12.04.1 LTS to 14.04.1 LTS Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Have only just bought this laptop. WORKAROUND: Touchpad worked fine in non UEFI mode. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-34-generic 3.13.0-34.60 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: paul 2101 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: paul 2101 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Aug 28 12:55:56 2014 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-stella-anaheim-precise-amd64-20130424-1 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=116415ec-3f46-402a-a2a4-aebd87698d48 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-05 (175 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20130424-09:51 MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP 255 G1 Notebook PC ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-34-generic root=UUID=f42726b4-109b-4962-ae3b-009bfb6543b0 ro i915.modeset=1 quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-34-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-34-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127.5 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-16 (11 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 06/26/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde dmi.bios.version: F.37 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 188B dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 69.18 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 5CG410D2QY dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.37:bd06/26/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHP255G1NotebookPC:pvr088E130000005910000600010:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn188B:rvrKBCVersion69.18:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: HP 255 G1 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 088E130000005910000600010 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1362584/+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