recently did a full install on my hp pavilion gaming laptop. already tried driver installing/uninstalling/reinstalling and that hasn't worked. touchpad is enabled in the settings and mint knows it's there but it refuses to acknowledge it. what would be a potential fix for this?
#touchpad not working
jagged kiln
crystal gale
How did you do "driver installing/uninstalling", if that is usually not a manual process?
Do you know the device ID of the touchpad?
jagged kiln
I currently have synaptics set for my touchpad instead of libinput but neither have worked. I don't know the device id
I'm not familiar with linux, this is my first time using it
plucky hatch
it usually all just works
u can install hardinfo and find mention of HID or touch device (not to be mistaken for a fingerprint reader or touchscreen) and get the device ID of it, then crosscheck it on linux-hardware.org
steep sage
I currently have synaptics set for my touchpad instead of libinput but neither h...
is it actually a synaptics touchpad?
jagged kiln
is it actually a synaptics touchpad?
its an etps/2 elantech touchpad
crystal gale
As Stunner suggested, sudo apt install hardinfo, then use that to find the device ID and look it up on the Internet. If you are lucky, somebody made a driver and put it on their git.