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MattyPixels

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Registered: 2025-09-05

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Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 14ARE05 - ELAN Touchpad Does not work

Hi everyone.

I have been looking for a solution for my issue to no avail, so I created an account to hopefully get some leads.
My laptop is a Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 14ARE05. The Arch Wiki article on the machine mentions touchpad issues, but mine works at best once every 30 reboots...

I'm on the latest everything, regular Arch linux kernel 6.16.

I was able to grab a dmesg output the one time it did work.

input: ELAN06FA:00 04F3:3140 Mouse as /devices/platform/AMDI0010:03/i2c-l/i2c-ELAN06FA:00/0018:04F3:3140.0002/input/input6
input: ELAN06FA:00 04F3:3140 Touchpad as /devices/platform/AMDI0010:03/i2c-l/i2c-ELAN06FA:00/0018:04F3:3140.0002/input/input7

The rest of the time, it's not even detected when running dmesg.

I've tried many kernel parameters, to no avail:

i8042.reset i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop

I've tried the following commands as well:

modprobe i2c_hid
modprobe i2c_hid_acpi

I've also tried blacklisting the elants_i2c & i2c_elan modules.

I'm at a loss as to what to do. The touchpad works flawlessly in Windows, but I really dislike Windows.

I can provide logs / etc. if needed. Thank you!

Last edited by MattyPixels (2025-09-06 18:41:44)

MattyPixels

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Registered: 2025-09-05

Posts: 2

Re: Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 14ARE05 - ELAN Touchpad Does not work

It seems that kernel 5.19.9 works, will try to figure out if I can perhaps build a custom kernel? See what changed and why this one works...

Last edited by MattyPixels (Today 00:49:40)