I spoke with Andrew Duggan and he figured out that as of kernel 4.0 the touchpad is incorrectly detected as a clickpad. That's why the touchpad works, but in a flaky way. The good news is that this seems solvable. All you have to do is:
synclient ClickPad=0 Palm detection is also off by default and I find it basically unusuable without it, so also do: synclient PalmDetect=1 These changes aren't saved after a reboot, but to make them permanent, create a configuration file in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/. You can do it with this one-liner: echo -e "Section \"InputClass\"\n\tIdentifier \"touchpad catchall\"\n\tDriver \"synaptics\"\n\tMatchIsTouchpad \"on\"\n\tMatchDevicePath \"/dev/input/event*\"\n\n\tOption \"PalmDetect\" \"1\"\n\tOption \"ClickPad\" \"0\"\nEndSection" | sudo tee /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-synaptics-options.conf &> /dev/null So to summarize, we can get 100% touchpad functionality by installing Linux kernel >= 4.0, then running both synclient ClickPad=0 synclient PalmDetect=1 Not sure who to go to to correct this default misconfiguration, but at least we can get everything working! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1315360 Title: [Razer Blade] Trackpad detected as mouse only Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The trackpad works as a mouse and tap-to-click works, but no scrolling (neither two-finger nor edge) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic 3.13.0-24.46 [modified: boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: mike 1570 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: mike 1570 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri May 2 08:45:39 2014 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ba977027-c742-470c-9a92-199f27ebea08 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-30 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) MachineType: Razer Blade ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=c72e4937-c906-4466-8990-b28729f9d39d ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-24-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-24-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/24/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: RAZER dmi.bios.version: 2.24 dmi.board.asset.tag: NULL dmi.board.name: RAZER dmi.board.vendor: RAZER dmi.board.version: 1.00 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ABCDEF dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: RAZER dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnRAZER:bvr2.24:bd03/24/2014:svnRazer:pnBlade:pvr2.04:rvnRAZER:rnRAZER:rvr1.00:cvnRAZER:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Blade dmi.product.version: 2.04 dmi.sys.vendor: Razer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1315360/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
