I'm having almost the same problem, with 12.04 Precise, for the ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad, on a different ASUS laptop. The touchpad works fine except when I use the left touchpad button to grab and move a window the window doesn't move at all. Sometimes, the window moves a tiny bit (a few pixels.)
The synaptics driver on my machine is: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.6.2-1ubuntu1~precise1 -- 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/943723 Title: EeePC 900 "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" stops working after unknown delay To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/943723/+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