As it turns out the device is not a Synaptics touchpad but an Alps touchpad
dmesg: psmouse serio1: alps: Unknown ALPS touchpad: E7=73 03 14, EC=73 02 36 I guess the device is too new to be recognised by the kernel. ** Summary changed: - [HP Stream Notebook - 14-z010nz] Synaptics Clickpad incorrectly detected as PS/2 mouse + [HP Stream Notebook - 14-z010nz] Alps Clickpad incorrectly detected as PS/2 mouse -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1390915 Title: [HP Stream Notebook - 14-z010nz] Alps Clickpad incorrectly detected as PS/2 mouse To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1390915/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
