Public bug reported: I am using Ubuntu 16.04 on a Acer Aspire V3-472G equiped with a Synaptics touch pad. According to dmesg, the touchpad is detected as a generic mouse and synaptics driver seems not to be loaded
# lsb_release -d Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Release: 16.04 Extract of dmesg: # dmesg | grep SYN [ 498.893555] input: SYN1B7B:01 06CB:2969 Touchpad as /devices/pci0000:00/INT33C2:00/i2c-8/i2c-SYN1B7B:01/0018:06CB:2969.0002/input/input17 [ 498.893834] hid-multitouch 0018:06CB:2969.0002: input,hidraw1: I2C HID v1.00 Mouse [SYN1B7B:01 06CB:2969] on i2c-SYN1B7B:01 # aptitude ssearch synaptics v xorg-driver-synaptics - v xorg-driver-synaptics:i386 - i xserver-xorg-input-synaptics - Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server p xserver-xorg-input-synaptics:i386 - Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server i xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-dbg - Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server p xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-dbg:i386 # xinput -list root@saguti-laptop:/home/saguti# xinput -list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ MOSART Semi. 2.4G Wireless Mouse id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ SYN1B7B:01 06CB:2969 Touchpad Touchpad was detected without problems with Ubuntu 14.04 ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1576906 Title: Synaptics touchpad not well detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1576906/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs