I want to Install the Elan Trackpad Driver in Solus Linux

Frank-Starr

 I’ve been playing with Edeavor Linux, which I installed on a USB 3.0 USB stick. When doing the installation, I was given a choice of trackpad drivers, both the standard Synaptics driver and the Elan driver. I chose the Elan driver for my Lenovo ThinkPad, since the other one never worked for me. The Elan did the trick. Is there  a way that I could install the Elan driver in Solus Linux?

brent

Frank-Starr according this source (https://linustechtips.com/topic/1305463-i-cant-install-elan-precision-driver/) it's a limitation of lenovo and hardware if you can't install it on solus which I don't quite believe. this thread goes on to say the synaptics package might be a good substitute.
You didn't compile your Fedora package in USB, you had your choice in install script...can it be compiled and installed on Solus I guess is the next logical question. I was surprised to see little in the older posts (via search function). Also an interesting conversation with this in a Dev Tracker thread with DD.

stalebrim

"I’ve been playing with Edeavor Linux, which I installed on a USB 3.0 USB stick. When doing the installation, I was given a choice of trackpad drivers, both the standard Synaptics driver and the Elan driver. I chose the Elan driver for my Lenovo ThinkPad, since the other one never worked for me. The Elan did the trick. Is there a way that I could install the Elan driver in Solus Linux?"

Brucehankins

stalebrim thank you sir, you're a true gentleman.

Axios

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.16/input/devices/elantech.html
My elan from my idea pad solus installed it when I installed solus and it works.

dmseg output.
elan060f they do have different models say may be different than mine.

cat /proc/bus/input/devices (from terminal)
Lists more info

brent

Axios weird thing about my reading that I did not understand but you knew: elan already there to some extent

Axios

brent Ya kinda think its hit and miss to some extent
But think thos should help to see if its loading anything