This could be a hardware issue with the touchpad due to the fact a previous kernel that once worked no longer works.
It might be worth trying a LiveCD from one of the prior releases to see if the issue still happens. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- 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/1622884 Title: Lenovo ThinkPad E460 20EUS00000 Touchpad not detected Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hi all, for about one week now I cannot use the Touchpad of my ThinkPad because Ubuntu does not detect it. I encountered the same problem during the installation, but a few days later everything suddenly worked. This time a miraculous fix has not happened. The Touchpad stopped being detected from one day to another. Changing back to an older kernel version (which worked completely fine before) did not solve the problem. I started having the problem with kernel 4.4.0-36-generic and tried 4.2.0-42-generic which did not help. I will shortly add the desired logs and attachments. The Ubuntu version I am using is Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS. Thanks in advance, Stephan --- ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: stephan 1930 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8230ec00-a0a7-4055-8e06-579423a7b3ec InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-06 (159 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160217.1) Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b541 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0461:4e22 Primax Electronics, Ltd Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: LENOVO 20EUS00000 Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55~14.04.1-generic 4.4.16 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-36-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-36-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127.22 Tags: trusty Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2016-08-10 (33 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo WifiSyslog: Sep 13 09:52:19 stephan-ThinkPad-E460 kernel: [ 2737.990372] systemd-hostnamed[3671]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please install nss-myhostname! _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 01/17/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: R00ET37W (1.12 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20EUS00000 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: None dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrR00ET37W(1.12):bd01/17/2016:svnLENOVO:pn20EUS00000:pvrThinkPadE460:rvnLENOVO:rn20EUS00000:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone: dmi.product.name: 20EUS00000 dmi.product.version: ThinkPad E460 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1622884/+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