This will be fixed in Trusty when it gets the upstream 3.14.1 stable updates.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- 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/1291470 Title: Touchpad recognized as generic mouse Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Laptop Model: Gateway NE72203h Touchpad manufacturer: ALPS Ubuntu version: 14.04 In a terminal, the command "cat /proc/bus/input/devices" shows the following: I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0001 Version=0000 N: Name="PS/2 Generic Mouse" P: Phys=isa0060/serio4/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input16 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse0 event10 B: PROP=0 B: EV=7 B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 B: REL=3 According to the Ubuntu documentation, (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingTouchpadDetection) this would be would be a problem with the kernel which doesn't recognize the touchpad properly. Thank you for your attention, PS: my apology if this bug report is sent to the wrong team, I'm fairly new to Linux in general and this is my first time filling a bug report. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-17.37-generic 3.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-17-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Mar 12 11:45:27 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini [Radeon HD 8330] [1002:9832] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0782] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-27 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140224) MachineType: Gateway NE722 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-17-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=84ff13bf-17df-4563-9902-2924bf6ce501 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/01/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp. dmi.bios.version: V1.04 dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Asset Tag dmi.board.name: EG70_KB dmi.board.vendor: Gateway dmi.board.version: Type2 - Board Version dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV1.04:bd07/01/2013:svnGateway:pnNE722:pvrV1.04:rvnGateway:rnEG70_KB:rvrType2-BoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: NE722 dmi.product.version: V1.04 dmi.sys.vendor: Gateway version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140310-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0~rc3-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0~rc3-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Tue Mar 11 17:53:29 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6 xserver.video_driver: radeon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1291470/+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