Trackpoint doesn't work on Thinkpad L530

I have the same problem on L430 with Debian Wheezy

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

A workaround for the bug is to load the psmouse kernel module with option proto=bare, but unfortunately, this causes the touchpad to lose multi-touch functionality.

Check out the "tp-trackpoint-elantech" package at the "thinkpad-extras" PPA, which implements this workaround, along with a bit of X configuration that enables scrolling with the middle button.

https://launchpad.net/~linrunner/+archive/thinkpad-extras

I've installed tp-trackpoint-elantech and it works! Thanks

2012/11/11 Lars Tandle Kyllingstad <email address hidden>

> A workaround for the bug is to load the psmouse kernel module with
> option proto=bare, but unfortunately, this causes the touchpad to lose
> multi-touch functionality.
>
> Check out the "tp-trackpoint-elantech" package at the "thinkpad-extras"
> PPA, which implements this workaround, along with a bit of X
> configuration that enables scrolling with the middle button.
>
> https://launchpad.net/~linrunner/+archive/thinkpad-extras<https://launchpad.net/%7Elinrunner/+archive/thinkpad-extras>
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1070207
>
> Title:
> Trackpoint doesn't work on Thinkpad L530
>
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Debian:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> The trackpoint on my Thinkpad doesn't work. This is rather annoying,
> since I specifically bought it because it had Ubuntu hardware
> certification:
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201202-10579/
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
> Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.6.2-1ubuntu5
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
> Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Tue Oct 23 07:55:58 2012
> DistUpgraded: 2012-10-19 12:30:38,295 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
> DistroCodename: quantal
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
> (20120425)
> MachineType: LENOVO 24812TG
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic
> root=UUID=a6e4e235-d477-4e04-8f43-0b8a7ca5ed03 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (3 days ago)
> dmi.bios.date: 05/28/2012
> dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.bios.version: G3ET34WW(1.08)
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
> dmi.board.name: 24812TG
> dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.board.version: Not Available
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG3ET34WW(1.08):bd05/28/2012:svnLENOVO:pn24812TG:pvrThinkPadL530:rvnLENOVO:rn24812TG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
> dmi.product.name: 24812TG
> dmi.product.version: ThinkPad L530
> dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4-0ubuntu3
> version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6
> version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-v...

I don't think the problem is in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics. See:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/967399

and

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33292

I have a similar problem with the brand new Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon laptop.
Trackpoint works in Ubuntu 12.04. In 12.10, it does not. (?)

Nick Dyer, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

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The "elantechfull.patch" posted by Faule Socke for Bug #967399 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/967399
works like a charm on my Thinkpad L530 using X-Ubuntu 13.10 with kernel version 3.11
trackpoint with all 3 buttons and
touchpad with all 2 buttons + multitouch functionality
both work and can be switched and configured independently.

I hope the patch will make it into one of the next kernel Versions :)

Is there a reason why this bug was dismarked as duplicate of Bug #967399 ?
It's definitely the same because Thinkpad L530 has an elantech trackpoint and the "elantechfull.patch" written for Bug #967339 works absolutely fine on my Thinkpad L530.

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Thanks for explaining (didn't know that duplicate marking is only for bug openers)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/967399/+attachment/3914316/+files/elantechfull.patch
should work for this Problem as it solves the missing Trackpoint problem
and even avoids the multitouch problem mentioned in #4

This is still a problem in UBuntu Trusty.

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Can confirm that this bug still exists on Lenovo L430/L530 with Ubuntu 14.10

As there still seems to be no solution, I present you one:
The attachment is a dkms tar.gz with a backported elantech driver from the current 3.18 kernel (that has the the fix for the issue included).

I call it "backported" as it was _slightly_ changed.
__set_bit(INPUT_PROP_POINTING_STICK, tp_dev->propbit); had to be commented out in elantech.c as kernel 3.16 doesn't support the INPUT_PROP_POINTING_STICK bit.

Apart from elantech.c and elantech.h everything else was coppied from the latest 3.16 ubuntu kernel sources.

TL;DR:
Download the attachement.
sudo apt-get install dkms
sudo dkms ldtarball psmouse-elantech-3-18.tar.gz
sudo dkms install -m psmouse -v elantech-3-18
sudo rmmod psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse

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Dear Christopher M. Penalver, why did you remove the Patch from Roman Lenskij?
It could be a good alternative instead of compiling the whole Kernel with the existing Patch
until the solution is backported to older Kernel- versions.

btw: thanks to all that helped to bring the solution into the newest kernels :)

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If anyone still needs it, the dkms driver is available here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByR4ekc5XtmPTWxQUkdZWkt2YXM/view

I still have a problem with trackpoint (trusty). Using elantech patch is working okay, I installed dkms module and... it's not initializing automatically. Trackpoint is not working, however when I use this modprobing:

sudo modprobe -rv psmouse && sudo modprobe -v psmouse

It is starting work (trackpoint and scrolling) to the next restart. I don't know why it's happening. I have correct entry in /etc/modprobe.d/trackpoint-elantech.conf. I am attaching dmesg.log to clear the picture.