I tested this with Mainline Kernel 3.5.4-030504-generic. The touchpad is still detected as a PS/2 Mouse.
I have an Acer V3-771G with an ALPS Touchpad. xinput -list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ PS/2 Generic Mouse id=12 [slave pointer (2)] [ 26.269258] input: PS/2 Generic Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input7 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893839 Title: Alps touchpad detected as both "PS/2 Mouse" and "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint"....touchpad features don't work, acts like PS/2 mouse To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/893839/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs