Bug#576211: Lid Switch Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware.
I've a similar(?) problem...
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>> [ 22.321] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event6)
>> [ 22.321] (**) Lid Switch: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
>> [ 22.321] (**) Lid Switch: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
>> [ 22.321] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
>> [ 22.321] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
>> [ 22.332] (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>> [ 22.332] compiled for 1.9.4, module version = 1.4.0
>> [ 22.332] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
>> [ 22.332] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 11.0
>> [ 22.332] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event6"
>> [ 22.369] (--) Lid Switch: invalid x-axis range. defaulting to 1615 - 5685
>> [ 22.369] (--) Lid Switch: invalid y-axis range. defaulting to 1729 - 4171
>> [ 22.369] (--) Lid Switch: invalid pressure range. defaulting to 0 - 256
>> [ 22.369] (--) Lid Switch: invalid finger width range. defaulting to 0 - 16
>> [ 22.401] (--) Lid Switch: no supported touchpad found
>> [ 22.401] (EE) Lid Switch Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware.
>> [ 22.417] (EE) PreInit returned NULL for "Lid Switch"
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