No mouse from USB rescue media
I just got a new ASUS laptop (Zenbook Pro UX501VW) and the trackpad on the laptop does now work within the USB rescue media. I could not find any articles related to this on the current 2016 version (2016 build 6571). I used the rescue media builder tool from the windows client. When I boot from the USB flash drive I am only given the UEFI boot menu and the 64bit option. It is extremely difficult to navigate all the screens with just a keyboard. If I ever accidentally open help I am screwed and have to reboot as I cannot close it with just a keyboard. It is very annoying. I verified force_modules=usbhid is already an argument within my boot media. When I try to add it, it just doubles it. I tried manually editing the x:\efi\boot\bootx64.xml file to add the 32bit options, but that has the same result as the 64bit version with no mouse.
I can use the same flash drive on a Dell XPS laptop and the trackpad on that works in both 32bit and 64bit options (I don't get the UEFI menu).
I found an old USB mouse, and that work fine on the new ASUS, but would be nice to find a fix to get the built in trackpad working like it does on other laptops.
I tried the same flash drive on an older ASUS (Zenbook UX303L) with the UEFI menu and the 64bit version and the trackpad on that worked fine.
Any ideas?


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