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I have installed ubuntu 17.04 and 16.04.3/16.04.2 on my new HP 14-an013nr laptop. For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to get the trackpad working.

I have already reviewed the following question, 16.04: Elantech touchpad not working on new laptop

The poster's question differs from mine because he was able to use the trackpad even though it performed poorly. My system will not even show the trackpad as a piece of hardware.

I have reinstalled ubuntu over 7 times and tried everything I could find to no avail. It seems Ubuntu does not even recognize that the trackpad exists.

Does anyone have any ideas or know someone that has this working on Ubuntu? I have read articles where people describe the trackpad working fine on Arch Linux.

Thank you in advance! This laptop is really wonderful, it has a nice 14 inch 1080p monitor, decent specs, and is only $200! I would love to not have to carry around a mouse anymore...

ubuntuisthebestttt11
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  • Do you know the trackpad hardware is working and enabled in the BIOS? If you use the latest Ubuntu live from a USB stick does the trackpad work? Is there any sign of it in lshw or lsusb? Did you follow the advice in your link? – pbhj Mar 05 '18 at 23:43

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Try installing a kernel > 4.8. To install a new kernel (e.g. 4.15), go to http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.15/ and download

linux-headers-4.15.0-041500_4.15.0-041500.201802011154_all.deb

linux-headers-4.15.0-041500-generic_4.15.0-041500.201802011154_amd64.deb

linux-image-4.15.0-041500-generic_4.15.0-041500.201802011154_amd64.deb

Then run: sudo dpkg -i linux-*.deb

Restart.

John Z
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