Bug#943370: linux-image-amd64: Elantech touchpad not working (elan_i2c)
Package: linux-image-amd64
Severity: normal
Tags: newcomer
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Elan_i2c driver not working
"elan_i2c 6-0015: failed to get resolution: -71"
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
Ussing kernel parameter psmouse.elantech_smbus=0 works
* What was the outcome of this action?
The touchpad worked correctly
* What outcome did you expect instead?
Nothing
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.1
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages linux-image-amd64 depends on:
pn linux-image-4.19.0-6-amd64 <none>
linux-image-amd64 recommends no packages.
linux-image-amd64 suggests no packages.
dmesg | grep elan
sep 08 10:02:39 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: assuming hardware version 4 (with firmware version 0x5e0f01)
sep 08 10:02:39 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: Synaptics capabilities query result 0x70, 0x16, 0x0a.
sep 08 10:02:39 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: Elan sample query result 0b, 01, a7
sep 08 10:02:39 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: Trying to set up SMBus access
sep 08 10:02:39 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: SMbus companion is not ready yet
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: assuming hardware version 4 (with firmware version 0x5e0f01)
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: Synaptics capabilities query result 0x70, 0x16, 0x0a.
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: Elan sample query result 0b, 01, a7
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: Trying to set up SMBus access
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: elan_i2c 9-0015: 9-0015 supply vcc not found, using dummy regulator
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: elan_i2c 9-0015: failed to get product ID: -6
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: elan_i2c 9-0015: failed to get product ID: -71
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: elan_i2c 9-0015: failed to get product ID: -71
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: elan_i2c: probe of 9-0015 failed with error -71
dmesg | grep elan
sep 08 10:02:39 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: assuming hardware version 4 (with firmware version 0x5e0f01)
sep 08 10:02:39 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: Synaptics capabilities query result 0x70, 0x16, 0x0a.
sep 08 10:02:39 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: Elan sample query result 0b, 01, a7
sep 08 10:02:39 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: Trying to set up SMBus access
sep 08 10:02:39 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: SMbus companion is not ready yet
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: assuming hardware version 4 (with firmware version 0x5e0f01)
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: Synaptics capabilities query result 0x70, 0x16, 0x0a.
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: Elan sample query result 0b, 01, a7
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: psmouse serio1: elantech: Trying to set up SMBus access
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: elan_i2c 9-0015: 9-0015 supply vcc not found, using dummy regulator
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: elan_i2c 9-0015: failed to get product ID: -6
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: elan_i2c 9-0015: failed to get product ID: -71
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: elan_i2c 9-0015: failed to get product ID: -71
sep 08 15:03:00 hp-notebook kernel: elan_i2c: probe of 9-0015 failed with error -71
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