im a semi newbie , and im afraid to make a mess... plus i cant do a backup at the moment, maybe in the future when i have more time and an external hd. anyway, i have tried to do
sudo modprobe -r elan_i2c sudo modprobe elan_i2c and then my dmesg | grep -i elan is this: lillo@lillo-X540SA:~$ dmesg | grep -i elan [ 14.290318] i2c-ELAN1000:00 supply vcc not found, using dummy regulator [ 14.418179] input: Elan Touchpad as /devices/pci0000:00/808622C1:03/i2c-9/i2c-ELAN1000:00/input/input5 [ 906.455349] elan_i2c i2c-ELAN1000:00: failed to read report data: -110 [ 1069.681827] i2c-ELAN1000:00 supply vcc not found, using dummy regulator [ 1070.713682] elan_i2c i2c-ELAN1000:00: writing cmd (0x0005) failed: -110 [ 1070.713692] elan_i2c i2c-ELAN1000:00: device reset failed: -110 [ 1070.713702] elan_i2c i2c-ELAN1000:00: device initialize failed: -110 [ 1071.773741] elan_i2c i2c-ELAN1000:00: writing cmd (0x0005) failed: -110 [ 1071.773761] elan_i2c i2c-ELAN1000:00: device reset failed: -110 [ 1071.773778] elan_i2c i2c-ELAN1000:00: device initialize failed: -110 [ 1072.833816] elan_i2c i2c-ELAN1000:00: writing cmd (0x0005) failed: -110 [ 1072.833834] elan_i2c i2c-ELAN1000:00: device reset failed: -110 [ 1072.833852] elan_i2c i2c-ELAN1000:00: device initialize failed: -110 [ 1072.881767] elan_i2c: probe of i2c-ELAN1000:00 failed with error -110 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1590432 Title: elan touchpad freezes randomly on ubuntu 16.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1590432/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp