I installed Ubuntu on my laptop and so far everything is working great, all the drivers are working the same way as in Windows.
Unlike this gentleman's "problem", for me, this is how I want it to work but I don't know how.
Running xinput list-props 16 will get the touchpad info:
Device 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad':
Device Enabled (148): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (150): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
libinput Tapping Enabled (303): 1
libinput Tapping Enabled Default (304): 0
libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (305): 1
libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (306): 1
libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled (307): 0
libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled Default (308): 0
libinput Tapping Button Mapping Enabled (309): 1, 0
libinput Tapping Button Mapping Default (310): 1, 0
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (285): 1
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (286): 0
libinput Disable While Typing Enabled (311): 1
libinput Disable While Typing Enabled Default (312): 1
libinput Scroll Methods Available (289): 1, 1, 0
libinput Scroll Method Enabled (290): 1, 0, 0
libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (291): 1, 0, 0
libinput Click Methods Available (313): 1, 1
libinput Click Method Enabled (314): 1, 0
libinput Click Method Enabled Default (315): 1, 0
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (294): 0
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (295): 0
libinput Accel Speed (296): -0.094891
libinput Accel Speed Default (297): 0.000000
libinput Left Handed Enabled (301): 0
libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (302): 0
libinput Send Events Modes Available (270): 1, 1
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (271): 0, 0
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (272): 0, 0
Device Node (273): "/dev/input/event10"
Device Product ID (274): 2, 14
libinput Drag Lock Buttons (287): <no items>
libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (288): 1
FYI, Elantech Touchpad, at least in Windows is not supported by some custom programs like AbsoluteTouchEx to make it use Absolute positioning.
Seems like using evdev could solve this, but I think this is something the physical device just can't support.
xinput set-mode [device name] ABSOLUTE(kurja's answer to the question you linked to)? – danzel May 14 '19 at 12:08
– Finesser May 14 '19 at 13:21X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 131 (XInputExtension) Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_SetDeviceMode) Serial number of failed request: 18 Current serial number in output stream: 18