Actually the factory is TopStar China and the model is U731. As detection was disabled for good reason, the bast would be to have some config files to force detection only on machines where the user know that he needs this driver
-- 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/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In 14.04.2, I expected to be able to use as touchpad with two finger vertical/horizontal scrolling. Currently only able to use plainly. The exact device is this: http://bydit.com/doce/products/microelectronics/2474.html I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0005 Version=0000 N: Name="ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse" P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input7 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse0 event10 B: PROP=0 B: EV=7 B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 B: REL=103 Output of xinput --list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse 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)] ↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ USB 2.0 Camera id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)] --- ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: vjftw 1362 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d58116d7-f5eb-4b3c-b986-a9a29b608880 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-25 (28 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) Lsusb: Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp. Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:3821 Alcor Micro Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: Intel Corporation SharkBay Platform Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-18-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=cd943b28-f170-4ce9-b836-18c395f1df6d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-18.18-generic 3.19.6 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.19.0-18-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.19.0-18-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.143.1 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Tags: vivid UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev' Uname: Linux 3.19.0-18-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip docker lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 02/03/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 5.6.5 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: WhiteTip Mountain1 Fab2 dmi.board.vendor: Topstar dmi.board.version: Fab2 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr5.6.5:bd02/03/2015:svnIntelCorporation:pnSharkBayPlatform:pvr0.1:rvnTopstar:rnWhiteTipMountain1Fab2:rvrFab2:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct9:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: SharkBay Platform dmi.product.version: 0.1 dmi.sys.vendor: Intel Corporation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1424293/+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