AlienTux I tried dmesg and this is what it shows: There are several lines that read: [ 26.814645] i2c_hid i2c-ELAN1010:00: failed to reset device. but I don't know what they mean...
JoshStrobl This is indeed an upstream issue with kernel 5.4.x, reported at: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205793 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205745 There aren't any proposed solutions / patches at the moment for it however. If I get the time tomorrow I'll look into the git history for the elantech input driver changes and see if I can find where the issue may lie.
Justin AlienTux If you need the touchpad in the mean time you can roll back. External mouse > Touchpad though. 😉
AlienTux Justin yeah, I actually always carry my external mouse. I almost never use my touchpad. I wouldn't really want to roll back right now considering all the work I still have to do 🙂 thank you for the advice tho 😁
buddyspencer AlienTux I don't know if this solves it for you, but my touchpad stopped working after upgrading to a newer kernel. I solved it with the following: I created the file /etc/modprobe.d/elan.conf and put options psmouse elantech_smbus=0 in there.
AlienTux buddyspencer did the folder exist already or should I create it? I can't find it in my system.
JoshStrobl I'm going to be revert us 5.3 series (bumping us from 5.3.13 to 5.3.15), which shouldn't have some of the i2c changes that affect the Elantech touchpad (since those landed for 5.4 series). Information on sync blocking and ETA here.
AlienTux buddyspencer appreciate it, will give it a go after debugging the kernel issues with JoshStrobl.
Frank-Starr Alas, the workaround of creating mod probe.d Etc. failed for my Lenovo ThinkPad I got in 2021. I think I’ve got Solis version 4.3. Anyone have any ideas for a new work around?
brent Frank-Starr this is likely to get locked because it's an old thread that you necro'd here, but this is recent and lots to consider in it: https://discuss.getsol.us/d/8797-my-mouse-is-invisible
