Acer Chromebook Touchpad Clicking Moves Mouse

Question

I just finished installing Ubuntu to my Acer C710 Chromebook, and I have a minor problem with the touchpad. When ever I try to click using the touchpad it ends up moving the mouse at the same time. I am having to use touch to click right now, but its kinda annoying when i need to do things like double click or click and drag. If anyone knows anything about this topic it would be mich appreciated! Thanks!

xinput -
(trusty)louis@localhost:~$ xinput
� Virtual core pointer                      id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
�   ��� Virtual core XTEST pointer                  id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
�   ��� Cypress APA Trackpad (cyapa)                id=10   [slave  pointer  (2)]
� Virtual core keyboard                     id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ��� Virtual core XTEST keyboard                 id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ��� Power Button                                id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ��� Video Bus                                   id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ��� Power Button                                id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ��� Sleep Button                                id=9    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ��� AT Translated Set 2 keyboard                id=11   [slave  keyboard (3)]

What I got when running the command "uname -a" (I need help updating the kernel)

Linux localhost 3.4.0 #1 SMP Fri May 8 12:28:58 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux –

is anybody seeing this? i really need help plz... is there another place i could post this problem — Louis Levene, Apr 04 '15 at 17:04
Please run it this way LANG=C xinput it will give output in English. — Pilot6, May 31 '15 at 19:01
ill do lang=c xinput and post what i get but im on 14.04 and i just ran the command sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-vivid so i think the kernel im on is 3.19 an answer below said to install kernel 4.1rc5 but i don't know how so i cant — Louis Levene, May 31 '15 at 19:44
i did lang=c xinput and got the exact same thing... the results are already in english — Louis Levene, May 31 '15 at 19:45
wait i just did uname -a to double check my kernal versoin and it said im on 3.4... really strange.... — Louis Levene, May 31 '15 at 20:00
Just post uname -a. I will explain how to install mainline kernel. It is easy do not worry. — Pilot6, May 31 '15 at 20:08
here Linux localhost 3.4.0 #1 SMP Fri May 8 12:28:58 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux — Louis Levene, Jun 02 '15 at 21:10
So install 3.19 kernel first as I said in my answer sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-vivid and reboot. — Pilot6, Jun 04 '15 at 21:15
i did sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-vivid and it said linux-generic-lts-vivid is already the newest version but when i do uname -a it says Linux localhost 3.4.0 #1 SMP Fri May 8 12:28:58 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 /x86_64 GNU/Linux – is there a way i can manually upgrade my kernel? also just in case u inux localhost 3.4.0 #1 SMP Fri May 8 12:28:58 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux – didn't know because im not sure if i posted it the way i installed ubuntu is through crouton — Louis Levene, Jun 04 '15 at 22:15
I suggest asking another question regarding this weird problem with kernel upgrade. I do not have an answer. — Pilot6, Jun 04 '15 at 22:18
You can try to sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-generic-lts-vivid. Maybe you did not let it finish or something. Or some manual setting in grub. — Pilot6, Jun 04 '15 at 22:20
ok i guess im gonna make another post about my kernel not upgrading because untill that gets fixed im stuck,,, — Louis Levene, Jun 05 '15 at 00:34
http://askubuntu.com/questions/632443/crouton-ubuntu-14-04-lxde-cant-upgrade-kernel — Louis Levene, Jun 05 '15 at 00:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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Seems that your Touchpad isn't recognized correctly. I had the same problem too and found a workaround: Acer Notebook rightclick not working

You should try this.

If this doesn't work you should try the Ubuntu 15.04 final beta. I tried it and it seems that my Touchpad is supported with Kernel 3.19.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Apr 07 '15 at 22:14

MofaSofa

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unfortuanly this didnt work... my touchpad is recognized by ubuntu..... i will try upgrading to 15.04 and hope that works..... D; – Louis Levene Apr 09 '15 at 22:28
Could you add the output of "xinput" to your post? – MofaSofa Apr 11 '15 at 15:06
im upgrading to 15.04 right now and then after that ill do xinput and see what i get – Louis Levene May 31 '15 at 01:11
ok so i couldn't even upgrade to 14.10 because after i upgraded and tried to start crouton i would get errors and it wouldn't start and so i went back to 14.04, anyway i added xinput to my post – Louis Levene May 31 '15 at 18:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 31 '15 at 19:12

Support of this touchpad has been added not long ago to linux kernel. That means it is not perfect.

First of all try to install mainline kernel 4.1rc5 from Ubuntu mainline kernel ppa.

There were a lot of fixes after 3.19. But you may try 3.19 first on 14.04 by running

sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-vivid

There are a lot more fixes in "next" kernel branch. If nothing helps, I can make a dkms package with the latest updates.

That is nearly all that could be done, except editing sources.

Acer Chromebook Touchpad Clicking Moves Mouse

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