I have switched to Hardy which fixes these issues. I was also experiencing a number of video performance degradation bugs (intel card) with both intrepid and jaunty which have disappeared with hardy.
On 5/25/09, Aviator <tarmiziaffa...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Came here to report the same exact problem. After upgrading my Acer's > Ubuntu installation to Jaunty, the touchpad is not working at all, and, > attempting to use it will cause the keyboard to also stop from > functioning. The "Fn" key also does not work. > > -- > acer touchpad not working after upgrade to latest kernel (2.6.28-11) > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365382 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > After I upgraded to the latest kernel (2.6.28-11) my laptop keyboard and > touchpad have stopped working completely. They work perfectly up to the > latest .27 kernel series (2.6.27-11) but refuse to work once I boot into > .28-11. The following behaviour was observed: > > KDE 4.2.2 : After booting I am able to enter my login password. Using the > touchpad does not move the mouse pointer at all (I have tried using the > Fn+TouchPad enable/disable keys too). Also, after I've attempted to use the > touchpad, the keyboard stops working for a while (random time) or behaves > erratically (randomly repeats one character). > > GNOME (latest): I installed the ubuntu-desktop package on kubuntu to test if > this was a KDE issue. I am able to logon to my GNOME desktop but I'm unable > to use the touchpad or the keyboard at all. I also booted from a Jaunty live > usb stick to test this out, similar behaviour was observed (Jaunty uses the > 2.6.28 series kernel) > > As this is my first time reporting a bug, I would be really grateful if you > guys could let me know what information I can provide to help fix this. So > far I've tried comparing the modules list (lsmod) when both kernels load but > I couldn't see any differences (I will compare again to be sure). The only > difference I've noticed is that in the newer kernel (.28-11) I see a message > regarding loading some driver elantech.c (no error, normal loading). I can > replicate the message if required but after I boot into the new kernel i > will need to type using a virtual keyboard. > > Update: I have done a clean install of ubuntu 9.04. Keyboard is working > fine, touchpad is still not working. > -- Sent from my mobile device -- acer touchpad not working after upgrade to latest kernel (2.6.28-11) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365382 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
