Hello.
I am a newcomer to Garuda, and Arch in general. The thing is, when I were in Windows 10, the touchpad would work fine. After switching to Garuda Linux, I found out that the touchpad is not working.
After running
garuda-inxi
in konsole …
System:
Kernel: 5.15.32-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
root=UUID=50fd5b08-4d71-4856-ad24-7f956a73a241 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=a1d80f4e-80ba-483d-afb5-ae916a02c4ef loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.3 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81WD v: IdeaPad 3 14IIL05
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: IdeaPad 3 14IIL05
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: NO DPK serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: LENOVO v: EMCN14WW date: 05/11/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.2 Wh (97.7%) condition: 30.9/35.0 Wh (88.1%)
volts: 8.5 min: 7.5 model: SMP L16M2PB2 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: N/A cycles: 357
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-1005G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake
family: 6 model-id: 0x7E (126) stepping: 5 microcode: 0xA8
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 160 KiB desc: d-2x48 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 2x512 KiB
L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3399 high: 3402 min/max: 400/3400 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 3402 2: 3400 3: 3400
4: 3396 bogomips: 9523
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable: eIBRS with unprivileged eBPF
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G1 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:8a56
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 13d3:5a08 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
display-ID: :0 note: <missing: xdpyinfo/xrandr>
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x14d6 built: 2016 res: 1366x768
dpi: 112 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_icl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:34c8 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.32-1-lts running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.49 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:34f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 19.46 GiB (1.4%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500P5PSSD8
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: P7CR402
temp: 47.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 0E scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 444.44 GiB size: 444.44 GiB (100.00%)
used: 7.23 GiB (1.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 444.44 GiB size: 444.44 GiB (100.00%)
used: 7.23 GiB (1.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 444.44 GiB size: 444.44 GiB (100.00%)
used: 7.23 GiB (1.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 444.44 GiB size: 444.44 GiB (100.00%)
used: 7.23 GiB (1.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 21.02 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 19.11 GiB used: 5.2 MiB (0.0%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 68.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 201 Uptime: 3h 29m wakeups: 3 Memory: 19.11 GiB
used: 2.67 GiB (14.0%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 970 lib: 287 Shell: Bash
v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.14
Garuda (2.5.6-2):
System install date: 2022-03-31
Last full system update: 2022-04-01 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: NetworkManager
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Snapshots: Snapper
Failed units: man-db.timer
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So, to explore the issue I plugged in an usb mouse in the freshly installed system.
After some homework I am somewhat convinced that this problem might be happening due to the touchpad drivers(ELAN tech for this lappy, if I’m not wrong).
I did find some similar issues previously asked…
Like:
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(other distros and variations…)
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=333538
(^ this one being the same model but from Mint(ubuntu-based)…)
and quite a few more but…
None of them were exactly what I require maybe. Like, some were same distro but different laptop models and vice versa.
This issue might be of some help for any future users
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I did not try out any of the fixes on my own. Since, all of them deal with the grub and its file. I have this ominous feeling of messing something up. Finally, I am an absolute tyro regarding the pc drivers.
I will be really grateful, if some clarity is shed on this topic
Regards.