Touchpad does not respond IdeaPad L340

[Tristan Walker]

Lenovo IdeaPad L-340 upon installing Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS, all other laptop inputs work except for touchpad. Touchpad does not respond to input of any kind - clicks, gestures, or otherwise.

dmesg | grep -i elan
[ 2.987373] i2c_hid i2c-ELAN0625:00: i2c-ELAN0625:00 supply vdd not found, using dummy regulator

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: linux-image-4.18.0-20-generic 4.18.0-20.21~18.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-20.21~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Jun 5 23:07:23 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-22 (15 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-signed-hwe
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tristan 1542 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: tristan 1542 F...m pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-22 (50 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b624 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8087:0aaa Intel Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0461:4d15 Primax Electronics, Ltd Dell Optical Mouse
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: LENOVO 81LG
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-21-generic root=UUID=c3fb3b60-c7d3-40a8-8787-51781e035183 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-21.22~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-4.18.0-21-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-4.18.0-21-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.173.6
Tags: bionic
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-21-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 12/20/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: ATCN14WW
dmi.board.asset.tag: NO Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: LNVNB161216
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: SDK0J40709 WIN
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: NO Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo IdeaPad L340-15IWL
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrATCN14WW:bd12/20/2018:svnLENOVO:pn81LG:pvrLenovoIdeaPadL340-15IWL:rvnLENOVO:rnLNVNB161216:rvrSDK0J40709WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoIdeaPadL340-15IWL:
dmi.product.family: IdeaPad L340-15IWL
dmi.product.name: 81LG
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_81LG_BU_idea_FM_IdeaPad L340-15IWL
dmi.product.version: Lenovo IdeaPad L340-15IWL
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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[Kai-Heng Feng (kaihengfeng)]

The latest HWE kernel should support your touchpad. Please run:
$ sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-18.04-edge

And reboot.

[sma (m-0622)]

I did
$ sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-18.04-edge [Version (5.0.0.20.76)]
and reboot, but the touchpad still doesn't respond.

Because I'm nosy, I booted the Daily-Build-Image "eoan-desktop-amd64" (last modified 2019-07-26) and the touchpad worked. It's a long time until October 2019 but it seems, that the touchpad will work with Ubuntu 19.10.

[sma (m-0622)]

Correction to my posting before:
Today I once again run
$ sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-18.04-edge
and after reboot the touchpad responds! Great.

One problem still exists: rightclick on the touchpad is like leftclick. That means, the context menu doesn't open by rightclick on the touchpad.

[Kai-Heng Feng (kaihengfeng)]

Is it a clickpad?
https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/1.13.4/clickpad-softbuttons.html

[sma (m-0622)]

Sorry, my fault. Today I saw in GNOME-Tweaks that the setting for Mouseclick-Emulation was 'Finger' instead of 'Area' (I have a German Version, sorry for not knowing the correct English Words in the menues). Finally I can say, that the Touchpad works perfect in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS by running
$ sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-18.04-edge

Thanks a lot to Kai-Heng Feng! :-)