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Bug#924913: trackpad on L480 unusable after upgrade to testing

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Am 5/29/21 um 1:59 PM schrieb Salvatore Bonaccorso:
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>
> Hi Alois,
>
> On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 09:24:03PM +0200, Romain Perier wrote:
>> On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 05:54:22PM +0200, Alois Schlögl wrote:
>>> On 3/26/19 9:03 PM, Romain Perier wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 08:24:33AM +0100, Alois Schlögl wrote:
>>>>> On 3/18/19 7:46 PM, Romain Perier wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 12:43:10PM +0100, Alois Schlögl wrote:
>>>>>>> On 3/18/19 12:20 PM, Romain Perier wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 11:27:41AM +0100, Alois Schlögl wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Source: linux
>>>>>>>>> Severity: normal
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dear Maintainer,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>     On a Lenovo L480 laptop, I've upgraded Debian from 9 (stretch) to 10
>>>>>>>>> (testing).
>>>>>>>>>     After the upgrade, the touchpad and the trackpoint was not usable
>>>>>>>>> anymore.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>     This already has some bug report here,
>>>>>>>>>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1803600
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>     As a workaround, one can run the command,
>>>>>>>>>         sudo sh -c 'echo -n "elantech">
>>>>>>>>> /sys/bus/serio/devices/serio1/protocol'
>>>>>>>>>     in order to use the touchpad. However, on a GUI Interface and without
>>>>>>>>>     an external mouse, it's impossible to apply this workaround
>>>>>>>>>    (switching to the terminal <CTRL>-<ALT>F1, login, and run the command
>>>>>>>>> above might work)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>     I expect to be able to use the touchpad just out of the box, not needing
>>>>>>>>>     to run the above workaround
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Could you :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - Test with the last kernel uploaded to unstable (4.19.0-4:4.19.28) and confirm or
>>>>>>>>    not is the problem still exists ?
>>>>>>> Dear Romain
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I upgraded the kernel and rebooted:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> schloegl@debian10:~$ uname -a
>>>>>>> Linux debian10 4.19.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.28-2 (2019-03-15)
>>>>>>> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With this kernel the trackpoint is working, the trackpad is still not
>>>>>>> usable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (This improves the situation because now at least one pointer device is
>>>>>>> available).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good, we did some progress :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - According to the bug on launchpad and to the fix pushed upstream, the
>>>>>>>>    fix seems to be an hardware quirks, could you give me the output of the
>>>>>>>>    following command :
>>>>>>>>    $ /sys/bus/serio/devices/serio1/firmware_id
>>>>>>> root@debian10:~# cat /sys/bus/serio/devices/serio1/firmware_id
>>>>>>> PNP: LEN2036 PNP0f13
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you test the patch attached to this reply ?
>>>>>> (if you don't know how to do this, I can provide support)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Romain
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried to followed these instructions:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/ch-comm
>>>>>
>>>>> 4.5. Building a custom kernel from Debian kernel source
>>>>>
>>>>> Specifically using the patched the sources,
>>>>>
>>>>> *scripts/config --disable MODULE_SIG*
>>>>> **scripts/config --disable DEBUG_INFO**
>>>>> ||*|make clean|* ||*|make deb-pkg
>>>>>
>>>>> |*
>>>>>
>>>>> and ended up with a kernel that does not boot (missing HD audio firmware),
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Which procedure do you recommend to build and install a modified kernel ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Section 4.2 from
>>>> https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official
>>>> , until test-patches should work. For the test-patches script, use the flavour and a
>>>> featureset as argument, when you invoke it, like this :
>>>>
>>>> # debian/bin/test-patches -f amd64 -s none /path/to/0001-Input-elantech-disable-elan-i2c-for-L480.patch
>>>>
>>>> This will apply the patch on the fly, configure the kernel for amd64
>>>> and build a version with a special changelog entry and a special suffix
>>>> version dedicated to the test version you generate.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In case of troubles, I can provide another way, from git with few
>>>> commands.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Romain
>>>
>>> Dear Romain,
>>>
>>>
>>> your instructions to build the kernel worked fine, when trying to
>>> install the kernel,
>>>
>>>     sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.19.0-5-amd64_4.19.37-3a~test_amd64.deb
>>> linux-image-4.19.0-5-amd64-unsigned_4.19.37-3a~test_amd64.deb
>>>
>>> I run into problem, getting this warning.
>>>
>>>
>>>   │ You are running a kernel (version 4.19.0-5-amd64) and attempting to
>>> remove the same
>>> version.
>>> │
>>>   │
>>> │
>>>   │ This can make the system unbootable as it will remove
>>> /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-5-amd64 and all modules under the directory
>>> /lib/modules/4.19.0-5-amd64. This can only be fixed with a copy  │
>>>   │ of the kernel image and the corresponding
>>> modules.
>>> │
>>>   │
>>> │
>>>   │ It is highly recommended to abort the kernel removal unless you are
>>> prepared to fix the system after
>>> removal.
>>> │
>>>   │
>>> │
>>>   │ Abort kernel removal?
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if I'm "prepared to fix the system". Can you recommend a
>>> reasonable save way to go forward ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>     Alois
>> Hello,
>>
>> Well, this is something I have tested here myself, from the linux
>> git repository (on salsa.debian.org). I have built a 4.19.37-4a~test
>> with the patch , then I have forced the install with the same question
>> than you. And he did the trick !
>>
>> So what you can do is:
>>
>>   - When the dialog interface (the blue one) asks you to abort or continue the install,
>>     press "no" to don't abort and continue the install
>>   - Once done, you can reboot
>>   - Check that the boot is working fine and you're running the intended
>>     kernel:  4.19.37-3a~test  (via uname -a)
>>   - Check if your problem is fixed
>>
>>   - Once you want to re-use the debian kernel, you can :
>>
>>     1. $ sudo apt remove linux-image-4.19.0-5-amd64-unsigned linux-headers-4.19.0-5-amd64
>>
>>     ==> you will get a conflict , that's normal, you will be adviced to use
>>     "apt --fix-broken install", so please use it.
>>
>>     2. It should reinstall the official debian kernel package. Then you
>>     can reboot to the official kernel image and it should do the trick
>>
>>
>> Everything has been tested here from git, the only difference is that I
>> built a kernel 4.19.37-4a~test  but the steps should be the same.
> is this issue fixed with a recent kernel? As in either unstable,
> buster-backports or if you use stable, the newest one from buster?
>
> Regards,
> Salvatore

In the current stable version of buster, this is not fixed. I'm running
uname -a
    Linux platon 4.19.0-16-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.181-1 (2021-03-19) 
x86_64 GNU/Linux

Later this week, I might be able to upgrade Linux to the version from 
buster-backports.


Regards,
    Alois

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Bug#924913: trackpad on L480 unusable after upgrade to testing Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2021-05-29 14:10 +0200
  Bug#924913: trackpad on L480 unusable after upgrade to testing Alois Schlögl <alois.schloegl@ist.ac.at> - 2021-05-31 08:40 +0200
    Bug#924913: trackpad on L480 unusable after upgrade to testing Alois Schlögl <alois.schloegl@ist.ac.at> - 2021-05-31 17:00 +0200

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