Quick workaround: Just as a quick help for people getting hit by this bug (like me) after update to kernel 3.13.0-44 on ubuntu 14.04 or as I did, tried upgrade to ubuntu 14.10 and kernel 3.16.0-29 and still hitting the same bug.
Enable module hid_rmi (echo "hid_rmi" >> /etc/modules) and reboot Now trackpoint slave pointer TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint shows again for my thinkpad edge e320 again in xinput list (where before there was no slave pointer TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint listed in xinput list): $ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint id=12 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Integrated Camera id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ ThinkPad Extra Buttons id=13 [slave keyboard (3)] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386774 Title: Synaptics touchpad and IBM trackpoint incompletely detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1386774/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs