important to note that the touchpad actually did not work with the old kernel either but if you installed using the chrubuntu script as most people did then these patches were already applied for you at install time.
-- 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/1276740 Title: Touchpad no recognized since kernel upgrade Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This is on Ubuntu 13.10, kernel 3.11.0-15 on an Acer C720 Chromebook with a Synaptics touchpad. A USB or bluetooth mouse works fine. The trackpad is no longer in the list of devices in xinput as it had been before. $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Installed: 1.7.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.7.1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.7.1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: linux-image-3.11.0-15-generic 3.11.0-15.25 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.25-generic 3.11.10 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: fredlaxton 1532 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: fredlaxton 1532 F.... pulseaudio Date: Wed Feb 5 13:16:57 2014 MachineType: Acer Peppy MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb 1 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-15-generic root=UUID=b9c60669-34d9-460f-ac3e-35db5665dfeb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-15-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-15-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.116 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/29/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: coreboot dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.modalias: dmi:bvncoreboot:bvr:bd10/29/2013:svnAcer:pnPeppy:pvr1.0:cvnAcer:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: Peppy dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1276740/+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