Help with the Archwiki process for 15are05 Elantech touchpad fix

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So you probably only read the summary of the [HowTo] become a Manjaro power user when you're a wizard at Windows but a N00b at Manjaro / Linux and not the actual FHS documentation that was linked there, :grin: because that states that the /sys filesystem is special: it’s actually the kernel itself you’re messing with and that you need to be extra careful what you do there.

So to ensure we don’t leave you with an unbootable system, please provide the following information ¹:

cat /sys/bus/i2c/drivers/elants_i2c/bind
cat /sys/bus/i2c/drivers/i2c_hid/bind

If the first one has the actual word i2c-ELAN0001:00 ² in there, it’ll be safe to:

  • add the actual word i2c-ELAN0001:00 to the /sys/bus/i2c/drivers/elants_i2c/unbind file contents.
  • Add i2c-ELAN0001:00 to the /sys/bus/i2c/drivers/i2c_hid/bind location (and now it makes sense right???)

So I’m not telling you how to that yet, as I’m still holding your hand and want to verify myself before making you do potentially dangerous things.

:man_shrugging: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Note 1: cat means catalog. I.E. “Show the contents of that file”. For more info: man cat
Note 2: i2c-ELAN0001:00 is the actual hardware description of your ElanTech Touchpad.