So, I switched from windows 10 to garuda linux yesterday and I love it! But I noticed that my laptop's touchpad isn't functioning. I tried searching the web. I read all archlinux articles, garuda linux forum articles everything.
WHAT I DID:
installed xorg and tried using the driver,
installed libinput and tried
installed synaptic and tried
tried using a 30-touchpad.conf file that was previously mentioned to be the fix
tried with changing GRUB cmdline linux default toi9042.reset quiet splash then restarted the computer. Still nothing seems to work. Can anyone help?
tbg
13 February 2021 18:36
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Please include you full system specifications as detailed in the Garuda Wiki "Reporting Bugs" entry.
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Lenevo Ideapad S145 8gb RAM, 1TB HDD, i3 gen 10
Thats not really helpful sadly:
Include the output of “inxi -Fxxxza” in your post. This gives the people trying to resolve the issue proper information on the hardware used.
Provide the name of the iso (full name!) used to install Garuda on your system
If you include terminal outputs in your post please use the proper output format in your post. Using "~" 3 times above and "~" 3 times below the text block will provide a readable, raw look.
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System details
System:
Kernel: 5.10.15-120-tkg-bmq x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
parameters: intel_pstate=passive BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-tkg-bmq
root=UUID=9f72a739-e5b9-4d0b-a28b-9dc98d95670e rw rootflags=subvol=@
i8042.reset quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1
resume=UUID=322313da-68d9-423e-960f-41cff7e53c5f loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81W8 v: Lenovo IdeaPad S145-15IIL
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo IdeaPad S145-15IIL
serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0Q55722 WIN serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO
v: DKCN48WW date: 07/22/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 22.5 Wh condition: 23.8/35.0 Wh (68%) volts: 8.5/7.6
model: LGC L16L2PB3 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Charging cycles: 297
CPU:
Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-1005G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Ice Lake family: 6 model-id: 7E (126) stepping: 5 microcode: A0
L2 cache: 4 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 9533
Speed: 3400 MHz min/max: 400/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3400 2: 3403
3: 3400 4: 3400
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 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
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
bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:8a56 class ID: 0300
Device-2: Acer Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-5:3
chip ID: 5986:1135 class ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: intel
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 143 size: 340x190mm (13.4x7.5")
diag: 389mm (15.3")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (ICL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.4
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Smart Sound Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:34c8
class ID: 0403
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.15-120-tkg-bmq
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lenovo driver: rtw_8822ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8822ce port: 3000
bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:c82f class ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus ID: 1-10:4
chip ID: 0bda:c02f class ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Message: Required tool hciconfig not installed. Check --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 14.83 GiB (1.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /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 rotation: 5400 rpm
serial: <filter> rev: 0E scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 922.42 GiB size: 922.42 GiB (100.00%) used: 14.83 GiB (1.6%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 560 KiB (0.2%)
fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw size: 922.42 GiB size: 922.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 14.83 GiB (1.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/log raw size: 922.42 GiB size: 922.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 14.83 GiB (1.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw size: 922.42 GiB size: 922.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 14.83 GiB (1.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache pressure: 75 (default 100)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 1.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-3: swap-3 type: zram size: 1.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram1
ID-4: swap-4 type: zram size: 1.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram2
ID-5: swap-5 type: zram size: 1.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 220 Uptime: 53m wakeups: 4 Memory: 7.57 GiB used: 3.45 GiB (45.5%)
Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 11.0.1 Packages:
pacman: 1539 lib: 367 Shell: fish v: 3.1.2 running in: konsole inxi: 3.3.01
Actually, I don't have the exact iso name as I didn't do dual boot. I don't have any files with me and the pendrive I used is writing GARUDA_DR460NIZED_SOARING_ . But I installed it yesterday. So it is I think - [garuda-dr460nized-linux-tkg-bmq-210107.iso]
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 8a02 (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Iris Plus Graphics G1 (Ice Lake)
(rev 07)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 8a03 (rev 03)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Ice Lake-LP USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller (r
ev 30)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Device 34ef (rev 30)
00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Con
troller #0 (rev 30)
00:15.1 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Con
troller #1 (rev 30)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Management Engine Interface (rev
30)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Ice Lake-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (r
ev 30)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ice Lake-LP PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev 30)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Ice Lake-LP LPC Controller (rev 30)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller (rev
30)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Ice Lake-LP SMBus Controller (rev 30)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake-LP SPI Controller (r
ev 30)
01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe W
ireless Network Adapter
This is the output
tbg
13 February 2021 19:01
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Also:
sudo dmesg | grep -Ei "touch|elan"
No output here. I copied it and pasted it.
Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ USB GAMING MOUSE id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ USB GAMING MOUSE Consumer Control id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ USB GAMING MOUSE Keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Integrated Camera: Integrated C id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ USB GAMING MOUSE Consumer Control id=15 [slave keyboard (3)]
Looks like your touchpad is not detected
Try installing
Linux-lts
sudo pacman -S linux-lts linux-lts-headers
Linux-mainline
sudo pacman -S linux-mainline linux-mainline-headers
Kernel
Then boot to them from grub advanced option
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should i use grub advanced option to use the mainline? Or before that?
I installed Linux-lts just now. What should I do next?
Reboot
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tbg
13 February 2021 19:21
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I found this related post that seems a potential solution:
It is for Ubuntu, so it will require modifying some aspects.
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can you convert these three lines please-
sudo apt install make dkms
cd elan_i2c_dkms
sudo dkms install .
i can only guess apt is pacman and install is -S and I don't know others
SGS
13 February 2021 20:03
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I love you guys!!! Thank you everyone. I was so scared. But atlast the problem got solved. I learnt a lot today. I read many things rather than youtubing. Thank you so much guys for helping me grow. learn as well as fix my own problem mentality giving.
so if anyone other than me faces the same problem-
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
Edit GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= "quiet splash"don’t touch others
to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet i8042.nopnp=1 pci=nocrs"
sudo update-grub
The next steps will be to patch the kernel
Now run git clone https://github.com/pavlepiramida/elan_i2c_dkms.git
sudo pacman -S make dkms
Now run
cd elan_i2c_dkms
After that run
sudo dkms install .
Finally, run
reboot
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SGS
13 February 2021 20:40
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Nice to see a user who has learned to acquire knowledge and knows how to help himself.
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