Finally, relevant to debugging - I see the following in the dmesg logs on startup:
lws@daedalus:~$ dmesg | grep i2c [ 11.983106] i2c_hid i2c-SYN1B7F:01: failed to retrieve report from device. [ 11.991460] i2c_hid i2c-SYN1B7F:01: failed to retrieve report from device. [ 11.992128] i2c_hid i2c-SYN1B7F:01: failed to retrieve report from device. [ 11.992955] i2c_hid i2c-SYN1B7F:01: failed to retrieve report from device. [ 11.994997] i2c_hid i2c-SYN1B7F:01: failed to retrieve report from device. [ 11.995212] input: SYN1B7F:01 06CB:2991 UNKNOWN as /devices/platform/80860F41:00/i2c-0/i2c-SYN1B7F:01/0018:06CB:2991.0002/input/input9 lws@daedalus:~$ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1433167 Title: Acer Aspire ES1-311-C9XM - Synaptics ClickPad soft buttons not configured out of the box Status in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The Acer ES1-311-C9XM is equipped with a Synaptics 'ClickPad', i.e. a touchpad with integrated 'click' button. The default settings assume that the ClickPad is just a normal touchpad with a single hardware mouse button. Basic touchpad functionality is OK. Multitouch features such as two-finger-tap to right-click, and two-finger-swipe to scroll, do work. However, clicking and dragging with the hardware click button, and right-clicking with the hardware click button, do not work. `xinput --list` reports the touchpad as `SYN1B7F:01 06CB:2991 UNKNOWN`. Tweaking settings using `synclient` can fix the problem. For example, to set up the bottom right-hand corner of the touchpad as the software right-click button, we can do the following at a command line: synclient ClickPad=1 synclient RightButtonAreaLeft=610 RightButtonAreaRight=1175 RightButtonAreaTop=489 RightButtonAreaBottom=648 (This configuration is not perfect, and does not persist between reboots - `xorg.conf` editing probably needed for that.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.8.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Tue Mar 17 23:40:41 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-16 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1433167/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
