Hi All, I just upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10 and this bug was fixed. Thanks! For the record, here's the relevant dmesg output, which indicates some problem but it doesn't seem to matter. The touchpad works perfectly, as does my keyboard.
m...@mark-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep -i elantech [ 25.889308] elantech.c: assuming hardware version 1, firmware version 2.0 [ 25.921040] elantech.c: Synaptics capabilities query result 0x06, 0x02, 0x64. [ 26.140344] elantech.c: touchpad refuses to switch to absolute mode. [ 26.142348] elantech.c: failed to initialise registers. [ 26.144392] elantech.c: failed to put touchpad into absolute mode. [ 26.605916] input: ImPS/2 Elantech Touchpad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input8 m...@mark-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep -i PS/2 [ 1.176759] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f13:PS2E] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12 [ 1.177745] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice [ 26.605916] input: ImPS/2 Elantech Touchpad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input8 m...@mark-laptop:~$ uname -a Linux mark-laptop 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux -- (2.6.28-11) dist-upgraded 8.10->9.04 ::: touchpad is broken, and touch it kills the keyboard https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370462 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