It seems that the touchscreen digitiser is disabled if AC power is connected during boot-up. Leaving the AC plug disconnected and the touch is reliably available.
This definitely looks like an ACPI DSDT issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xinput in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574028 Title: 16,04: Asus T300 CHI: touchscreen digitiser missing at boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xinput/+bug/1574028/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp