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kell

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Registered: 2025-09-27

Posts: 2

Not working stylus on Microsoft Pen Protocol (N-Trig)

Hello, I'm become a student in this year and buy a new tablet Acer Gadget E10 ETPad Max 16/512 GB 1215U Wi-Fi. From factory it has windows 11. I, as you can understand, try to install arch linux. First of all I try manjaro in live user, to check, how all work. Stylus isn't alive . After that I try to install Fedora and on Fedora all work fine. I've tried everything: I looked for touch-related kernel modules (e.g. hid_multitouch). I also changed the configuration of libwacom - nothing helped. evtest is silent when the stylus touches the screen. What can be done? I followed all the instructions from the arch wiki, it doesn't see. It's just not clear here, the packages are the same in terms of files, but everything works on Fefora, and not on Manjaro.

this is how the Fedora stylus sees it:

Device:                  ILTK0001:00 222A:0001 Stylus
Kernel:                  /dev/input/event5
Id:                      i2c:222a:0001
Group:                   8
Seat:                    seat0, default
Size:                    216x135mm
Capabilities:            tablet
Tap-to-click:            n/a
Tap-and-drag:            n/a
Tap button map:          n/a
Tap drag lock:           n/a
Left-handed:             disabled
Nat.scrolling:           n/a
Middle emulation:        n/a
Calibration:             identity matrix
Scroll methods:          none
Scroll button:           n/a
Scroll button lock:      n/a
Click methods:           none
Clickfinger button map:  n/a
Disable-w-typing:        n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles:          none
Rotation:                n/a
Area rectangle:          n/a

And on manjaro:

Device:                  ilitek_ts
Kernel:                  /dev/input/event22
Id:                      i2c:0000:0000
Group:                   9
Seat:                    seat0, default
Capabilities:            touch
Tap-to-click:            n/a
Tap-and-drag:            n/a
Tap button map:          n/a
Tap drag lock:           n/a
Left-handed:             n/a
Nat.scrolling:           n/a
Middle emulation:        n/a
Calibration:             identity matrix
Scroll methods:          none
Scroll button:           n/a
Scroll button lock:      n/a
Click methods:           none
Clickfinger button map:  n/a
Disable-w-typing:        n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles:          n/a
Rotation:                0.0
Area rectangle:          n/a

Stylus: chuwi H7 pen (working by microsoft pen protocol)

kell

Member

Registered: 2025-09-27

Posts: 2

Re: Not working stylus on Microsoft Pen Protocol (N-Trig)

I found a solution in an online store that sold the same stylus. Run the following in a terminal:

blacklist ilitek_ts_i2c" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/ilitek_ts_i2c-blacklist.conf

Then restart your computer and the stylus will be detected.

P. S. my tablet is brother for chuwi H10 Max