Need support for installing Finger Print Driver and Keyboard Central Nub point tracker for Asus Expertbook P2451FB

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I have tried several options like fprint and nub sensepoint or track point. the hardware model is expertbook p2451fb

I have also tried fingerprint GUI and have some missing package metadata error and corrupted package even after compiling the git repository. I have also tried scanning the hardware but no results in fingerprint id. As per the windows drivers, I was able to look into it and the device seemed to be elan micro-technologies. Please help

  System:
  Kernel: 5.10.34-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 
  root=UUID=9107f7ee-cff6-4d83-b1d7-78cdaabee8ee rw quiet splash apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: GNOME 3.38.4 tk: GTK 3.24.29 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 40.0 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS EXPERTBOOK P2451FB_P2451FB v: 1.0 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P2451FB v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: ASUSTeK 
  v: P2451FB.301 date: 05/22/2020 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 27.4 Wh (56.0%) condition: 48.9/48.0 Wh (101.8%) 
  volts: 11.9 min: 11.9 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A 
  status: Discharging cycles: 2 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.62 GiB used: 3.67 GiB (48.2%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-10510U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 8E (142) stepping: C (12) 
  microcode: DE cache: L2: 8 MiB bogomips: 36799 
  Speed: 700 MHz min/max: 400/4900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 700 2: 700 3: 700 
  4: 700 5: 700 6: 700 7: 700 8: 700 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities 
  arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc 
  cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms 
  est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window 
  hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid 
  invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr 
  nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni 
  popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss 
  ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc 
  tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec 
  xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds mitigation: TSX disabled 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9b41 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce MX110] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia 
  v: 460.73.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 02:00.0 
  chip-ID: 10de:174e class-ID: 0302 
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 13d3:56a2 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.11 compositor: gnome-shell driver: 
  loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,intel,nouveau,nv,vesa 
  resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo> 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:1f.3 
  chip-ID: 8086:02c8 class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.34-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.26 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
  port: 4000 bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:02f0 class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel 
  port: efa0 bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:0d4f class-ID: 0200 
  IF: eno2 state: down mac: <filter> 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-10:5 
  chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001 
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: see --recommends 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 19.65 GiB (2.1%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM049-2GH172 
  size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: SDM1 scheme: GPT 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 884.47 GiB size: 869.51 GiB (98.31%) 
  used: 19.64 GiB (2.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 label: N/A 
  uuid: 9107f7ee-cff6-4d83-b1d7-78cdaabee8ee 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 62 MiB size: 61.9 MiB (99.78%) 
  used: 15.1 MiB (24.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A 
  uuid: 0FD8-96FE 
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found. 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 1024 KiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-2: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 42.98 GiB fs: ext4 label: ostree 
  uuid: 71332f69-5902-4cac-89ff-819cb0c0e748 
  ID-3: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 4 GiB fs: ntfs label: DRIVERS 
  uuid: 6E88E39488E3595B 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-4:3 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller 
  type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc 
  interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129 
  class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-5:4 info: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: Video 
  driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA 
  chip-ID: 13d3:56a2 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Device-3: 1-10:5 info: Intel type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 
  rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2000 
Info:
  Processes: 347 Uptime: 1h 01m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 247 
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: 1239 pacman: 1216 lib: 302 
  flatpak: 0 snap: 23 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: gnome-terminal 
  inxi: 3.3.04
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Your inxi output doesn’t even show any fingerprint reader, so:

  • Try kernels 5.13 Stable and 5.14 RC-6 (:warning: 5.14 is an “experimental” kernel!!!)
  • If the fingerprint reader still doesn’t show up, contact your hardware manufacturer for the correct Linux drivers.

:sob:

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I have upgraded kernel to the stable version, but the sensor isn’t picking up any data, I have shared the screenshot. will be waiting for next stable release.

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I have a P2451FA Expertbook with the very same issues.
In addition, the laptop also has dedicated left- and right-click buttons above the touchpad area, and they do not work either. Below is the output of xinput list. The sensepoint nub (trackpoint device in the middle of the keyboard) is not even recognized…

⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ASUE1201:00 04F3:3148 Mouse               id=10   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ASUE1201:00 04F3:3148 Touchpad            id=9    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                         id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=12   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                                 id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Asus WMI hotkeys                          id=11   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam: USB2.0 HD           id=13   [slave  keyboard (3)]
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Hope the New kernel release would be able to fix this

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Hi Fabby,

I tried to search for the elantech, but they do not have any means of communication for the support the get the insights for the assembly set for further instructions.

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