Finally, relevant to debugging - I see the following in the dmesg logs on startup:
lws@daedalus:~$ dmesg | grep i2c [ 11.983106] i2c_hid i2c-SYN1B7F:01: failed to retrieve report from device. [ 11.991460] i2c_hid i2c-SYN1B7F:01: failed to retrieve report from device. [ 11.992128] i2c_hid i2c-SYN1B7F:01: failed to retrieve report from device. [ 11.992955] i2c_hid i2c-SYN1B7F:01: failed to retrieve report from device. [ 11.994997] i2c_hid i2c-SYN1B7F:01: failed to retrieve report from device. [ 11.995212] input: SYN1B7F:01 06CB:2991 UNKNOWN as /devices/platform/80860F41:00/i2c-0/i2c-SYN1B7F:01/0018:06CB:2991.0002/input/input9 lws@daedalus:~$ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1433167 Title: Acer Aspire ES1-311-C9XM - Synaptics ClickPad soft buttons not configured out of the box To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1433167/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp