Elantech touchpads not fully supported for some Gigabyte laptops
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linux (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
This bug report is in addition to https:/
Description of the situation for my Gigabyte U2442V most recently running 3.11.0-12-generic on Linux Mint.
I tried the updated module mentioned in the above bug report (1166442). It compiles and it detects an Elantech trackpad of *indeterminate version*. I get this in dmesg:
[859697.496141] psmouse serio1: elantech: assuming hardware version 3 (with firmware version 0x450f01)
[859697.526011] psmouse serio1: elantech: Synaptics capabilities query result 0x58, 0x17, 0x0c.
[859697.765917] psmouse serio1: elantech: retrying ps2 command 0x0b (2).
[859698.470556] psmouse serio1: elantech: retrying ps2 command 0x0b (1).
I get no Synaptics driver functionality, and only basic touchpad behaviour (motion and tap-to-click for left click, no scroll or disabling the pad when typing, etc.).
It seems I don't have a v9 or v10 trackpad, I've never been able to get a definitive indication of which version I have got.
The only thing that has remedied this problem for me in the past was the one described in the original bug report (for elantech-v6 - https:/
With the 3.11.0-12-generic kernel, my Touchpad *is* detected, i.e. xinput shows:
↳ PS/2 Elantech Touchpad id=16 [slave pointer (2)]
and dmesg shows:
input: PS/2 Elantech Touchpad as /devices/
There are no useful touchpads settings evident in the normal Cinnamon settings utility (gnome-
I've also tried installing the elantech-v7 module via dkms (see http://
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ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-11 (46 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 16 "petra" - Release amd64 20131126
MachineType: GIGABYTE U2442
MarkForUpload: True
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcVersionSign
RelatedPackageV
linux-
linux-
linux-firmware 1.116
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Tags: petra
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 10/26/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: U2442.F306
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: U2442
dmi.board.vendor: GIGABYTE
dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: U2442
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: GIGABYTE
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
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