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maverickar

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Registered: 2025-03-11

Posts: 4

Touchpad not working / bluetooth reset in each restart

Hi,
So I just made the jump from Linux Mint here, I'm going to be studying IT in the future and everyone told me how much you could learn with Arch.
I just finished a manual install with a friend's help, but I seem to have two issues:

1) Laptop's touchpad is not working:
libinput list-devices | grep -i touchpad

Device:           Elan Touchpad

journalctl -b | grep -i touchpad

Mar 11 14:04:51 archlinux kernel: elan_i2c i2c-ELAN0634:00: Elan Touchpad: Module ID: 0x0007, Firmware: 0x0002, Sample: 0x0002, IAP: 0x0001
Mar 11 14:04:51 archlinux kernel: input: Elan Touchpad as /devices/platform/AMDI0010:00/i2c-0/i2c-ELAN0634:00/input/input16

I'm using a Lenovo Yoga 7 with GNOME. I haven't seen any physical buttons that could lock a touchpad. I've tried otherwise diverse Fn+Fx combinations, just to test if the touchpad had a lock button.

2) Each time I restart the laptop, I need to restart systemctl bluetooth. Bluetooth doesn't work and if I go to the GNOME GUI I cannot even turn it on.

● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; disabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2025-03-11 14:05:13 UTC; 30min ago
 Invocation: 5dd156c210fe44aca698c629f60a5dd1
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
   Main PID: 2229 (bluetoothd)
     Status: "Running"
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 18251)
     Memory: 2.5M (peak: 3M)
        CPU: 15.493s
     CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
             └─2229 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Mar 11 14:05:13 archlinux bluetoothd[2229]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.84 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_1
Mar 11 14:05:13 archlinux bluetoothd[2229]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.84 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_0
Mar 11 14:05:13 archlinux bluetoothd[2229]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.84 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_duplex_1
Mar 11 14:05:13 archlinux bluetoothd[2229]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.84 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_duplex_0
Mar 11 14:05:13 archlinux bluetoothd[2229]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.84 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/faststream
Mar 11 14:05:13 archlinux bluetoothd[2229]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.84 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/faststream_duplex
Mar 11 14:05:13 archlinux bluetoothd[2229]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.84 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/opus_05
Mar 11 14:05:13 archlinux bluetoothd[2229]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.84 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/opus_05
Mar 11 14:05:13 archlinux bluetoothd[2229]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.84 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/opus_05_duplex
Mar 11 14:05:13 archlinux bluetoothd[2229]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.84 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/opus_05_duplex

I've been through the forum a bit but haven't found anything. I'm willing to learn, please don't hate the noob
Also, should I

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,982

Re: Touchpad not working / bluetooth reset in each restart

One question per topic is our preferred model, but your bluetooth issue is probably very easy to solve .

Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; disabled; preset: disabled)

You have to enable the bluetooth service, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth#Installation .

For the touchpad issue look at https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Laptop#Touchpad

Moderator Note :
Moving to newbie corner

EDIT :

If you have already solved the issues, please clarify how and prepend [Solved] to the thread title (edit first post)

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2025-03-13 10:25:13)

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Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,164

Re: Touchpad not working / bluetooth reset in each restart

I saw your report, but instead of us locking the thread, please edit your post and mention what you did to solve your issue and mark it as [SOLVED] by editing the title in your first post.

(Chances are you figured systemd services can be enabled, but what was the issue with the touchpad?)