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Robtspade

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Registered: 2025-11-22

Posts: 2

Clickpad completely unresponsive

I run Arch with Plasma KDE with Wayland on my Acer Inspire Go 15 Intel Laptop. The laptops clickpad does not work at all from the moment that i switched to Linux from Windows 11.
I'm relatively new to Linux so I'm not sure how to fix this problem by myself entirely.

The problem:
The touchpad does not react at all to my swipes or clicks.

Here is what i've tried:
1. Running "sudo libinput list-devices" which returns

Device:                  PIXA3848:00 093A:3848 Mouse
Kernel:                  /dev/input/event15
Id:                      i2c:093a:3848
Group:                   5
Seat:                    seat0, default
Capabilities:            pointer 
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:           disabled
Middle emulation:        n/a
Calibration:             n/a
Scroll methods:          button
Scroll button:           BTN_RIGHT
Scroll button lock:      disabled
Click methods:           none
Clickfinger button map:  n/a
Disable-w-typing:        n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles:          flat *adaptive custom
Rotation:                0.0
Area rectangle:          n/a

Device:                  PIXA3848:00 093A:3848 Touchpad
Kernel:                  /dev/input/event18
Id:                      i2c:093a:3848
Group:                   5
Seat:                    seat0, default
Size:                    121x74mm
Capabilities:            pointer gesture
Tap-to-click:            disabled
Tap-and-drag:            enabled
Tap button map:          left/right/middle
Tap drag lock:           disabled
Left-handed:             disabled
Nat.scrolling:           disabled
Middle emulation:        disabled
Calibration:             n/a
Scroll methods:          *two-finger edge 
Scroll button:           n/a
Scroll button lock:      n/a
Click methods:           *button-areas clickfinger 
Clickfinger button map:  left/right/middle
Disable-w-typing:        enabled
Disable-w-trackpointing: enabled
Accel profiles:          flat *adaptive custom
Rotation:                n/a
Area rectangle:          n/a

among other devices.

2.

sudo libinput debug-events 

but there was no output when using the clickpad.

KDE system settings show the touchpad as enabled and on default settings. Thank you in advance

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

Posts: 835

Re: Clickpad completely unresponsive

looks like a known issue:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220056

Robtspade

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Registered: 2025-11-22

Posts: 2

Re: Clickpad completely unresponsive

looks like a known issue:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220056

Thanks for the reply! Is there a way for me to safely apply this type of patch? I
have downloaded the .patch file for the fix but I'm not sure what I can do with it.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel_live_patching is this the procedure I have to follow to patch the kernel?
I have not built a package from scratch before so I would prefer to avoid that.

Edit:
Maybe I could switch my kernel for a newer one?

Last edited by Robtspade (2025-11-22 23:02:27)

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

Posts: 835

Re: Clickpad completely unresponsive

aparently the correct method is to use "CONFIG_PINCTRL_TIGERLAKE" but im sorry i dont know how to do that