Although I also have a "cheaper-end slimline laptop/netbook" with a non- working touchpad I don't think I'm having the same issue as you. I see that your device appears in your /proc/bus/input/devices list so I gather it was installed but not working. In my case, the touchpad isn't installed at all and does not appear in that list.
For my computer (a Direkt-Tek DTLAPY116-2), Ubuntu 18.04 detects my touchpad as a i2c_hid i2c-SYNA3602:00 but it is not installed because of an "unexpected HID descriptor." I'm still not sure but I think my issue is the one described here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1526312 In case anyone still thinks it's relevant, Windows 10 reports the device in the Direkt-Tek with hardware ids of "ACPI\VEN_SYN\&DEV_3602" or "ACPI\SYNA3602" as being an I2C HID Device. ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #1526312 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1526312 -- 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/1776155 Title: Touchpad detected as SYNA3602, does not work at all. Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On my cheaper-end slimline laptop/netbook the touchpad is (I think wrongly) detected by Linux to be the SYNA 3602. Anyway it does not work at all, neither touchpad nor buttons. Freshly installed Ubuntu 18.04 system. External mouse works fine. It seems that there is a bug reported on a similar issue, although I can not confirm that my touchpad hardware is exactly the same: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1688625 If so, there may be a whole new generation of slimline Windows 10 netbooks that have this problem. martin@alanah:~$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=ab83 N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input2 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=sysrq kbd event2 leds B: PROP=0 B: EV=120013 B: KEY=402000000 3803078f800d001 feffffdfffefffff fffffffffffffffe B: MSC=10 B: LED=7 I: Bus=0018 Vendor=0911 Product=5288 Version=0100 N: Name="SYNA3602:00 0911:5288 Touchpad" P: Phys=i2c-SYNA3602:00 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:16.1/i2c_designware.1/i2c-5/i2c-SYNA3602:00/0018:0911:5288.0001/input/input15 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse0 event14 B: PROP=5 B: EV=1b B: KEY=e420 30000 0 0 0 0 B: ABS=260800000000003 B: MSC=20 I: Bus=0003 Vendor=045e Product=00b9 Version=0111 N: Name="Microsoft Microsoft USB Wireless Mouse" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:15.0-1/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/0003:045E:00B9.0002/input/input16 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse1 event15 B: PROP=0 B: EV=17 B: KEY=1f0000 0 0 0 0 B: REL=1c3 B: MSC=10 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: linux-image-4.15.0-20-generic 4.15.0-20.21 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Mon Jun 11 07:57:56 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-25 (46 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Beta amd64 (20180404) SourcePackage: linux-signed UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) --- ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: martin 1536 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: MATE DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-25 (48 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Beta amd64 (20180404) MachineType: Multicom Multicom U230 Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-20-generic root=UUID=c7a82fee-6e9d-491d-a38d-f5d6bdb4a930 ro ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.15.0-20-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.15.0-20-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.173 Tags: bionic Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 09/15/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: ORO10x.WP313P.NHNAUHL01 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: Default string dmi.board.vendor: Default string dmi.board.version: Default string dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrORO10x.WP313P.NHNAUHL01:bd09/15/2017:svnMulticom:pnMulticomU230:pvrDefaultstring:rvnDefaultstring:rnDefaultstring:rvrDefaultstring:cvnDefaultstring:ct10:cvrDefaultstring: dmi.product.family: U-series dmi.product.name: Multicom U230 dmi.product.version: Default string dmi.sys.vendor: Multicom To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1776155/+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
