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[Mathias Gottschlag <mgottschlag@xxxxxxxxx>]

There is a second version of the driver which improves compatibility with other Asus laptops here:
https://github.com/mgottschlag/linux/tree/focaltech2

As to the the firmware_id issue, these three patches are relevant:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg33508.html

I don't think packaging the driver as a DKMS driver is viable because
the i8042 driver which provides the PNP ID which is used to identify the
touchpad is not compiled as a module, so the changes to that driver
cannot be packaged together with the psmouse driver. The only
alternative would be to write custom code which fetches the PNP ID from
somewhere else.

The only viable way would be to backport the patches to older kernels
and provide complete kernel packages.

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Title:
  Touchpad detected as mouse on Asus ux303ln laptop

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “linux” package in Arch Linux:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi! I'm following the bug reporting documentation here:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingTouchpadDetection#In_case_Touchpad_features_like_scrolling.2C_tapping.2C_etc._do_not_work_at_all.

  The touchpad on my new Asus ux303ln laptop is detected as a mouse, so
  I can't access touchpad features such as two-finger scrolling.

  The laptop was very recently released and I couldn't find any
  outstanding firmware updates for it through Asus's Windows-based
  tools.

  % lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
  Release:	14.04

  Per the instructions on the wiki, I'm attaching output from
  /proc/bus/input/devices,` xinput --list`, and /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

  This machine also has a touchscreen, which I'm fairly certain is the
  "maXtouch digitizer" visible in the logs. I haven't yet restarted in
  Windows to see if it says anything useful about the touchpad, but I
  can do so if that's helpful. This is a fresh install of 14.04 and I
  haven't done much customization of it apart from installing some
  applications and changing the default resolution.

  The only relevant bit I noticed in /var/log/dmesg is this:

  [    3.967547] input: PS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse as
  /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input11

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: linux-image-3.13.0-35-generic 3.13.0-35.62
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  tim        2234 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  tim        2234 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Sep 22 14:30:33 2014
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e6052f15-271a-4424-aac2-9b0ee1e490ed
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-22 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03eb:8a32 Atmel Corp. 
   Bus 001 Device 002: ID 064e:9700 Suyin Corp. 
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. UX303LN
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-35-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=4f908b1b-e06f-4dc9-9642-e952d2598e42 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-35-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-35-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.127.6
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 06/23/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: UX303LN.203
  dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.board.name: UX303LN
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrUX303LN.203:bd06/23/2014:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnUX303LN:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnUX303LN:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: UX303LN
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

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