Here is a I made patch that fixes this. I have submitted it upstream. A BIOS update is unnessesary. I have tested it and it works, I would appreciate other people trying it though.
** Attachment added: "patch for drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c to allow detection of newer elantech touchpads." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1232877/+attachment/3922239/+files/patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1232877 Title: Touchpad reported as: "elantech: unknown hardware version, aborting" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1232877/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
