Installingdebianonacerc7102615chromebook debian wiki. Lefthanded, speed and sensitivity, touchpad clicking and scrolling. Acer c720 trackpad with ported chrome driver tutorial. If youve installed uhugegreenbugs excellent chrome touchpad driver for the acer c720, you might have noticed that there is no longer an option to disable touchpad while typing from the settings mouse and touchpad dialog.
Identify your acer product and we will provide you with downloads, support articles and other online support resources that will help you get the most out of your acer product. If i change the sentings to advanced bios main, ubuntu doesnt recognize it. Elan i2c trackpad driver for acer c720p celeron 2957u, acer c740, acer c910, acer cb5571, asus c200, asus c300 and many other chromebooks. Ive posted a much more concise and newuserfriendly answer here, which i would recommend anyone with this problem check out. You might also have noticed that you now are triggering a bunch of mouse clicks while typing on the c720 s smallish keyboard.
It stopped working while i had it open it worked one minute, stopped the next. The only notable change of mine, is that the right click on the hardware button can be resized and by default, it is a much smaller area. More details on getting the touchpad to work on the c720 can be found via the. Install chromiumos touchpad driver for linux chroot crouton on. Acer laptop touchpad mouse not working fix e es es1 e15 es15 v3 r3 sa5. Elan i2c precision trackpad driver for acer c720 some models, acer c740, acer c910, acer cb5571, asus c200, asus c300, other chromebooks, and asus zenbook.
Huge thanks to the vmulti and dragonflybsd projects, which i used for references. The only problem is that there is no support for the touchpad in the default ubuntu kernels. It detects my touchpad as a p2 device if it is in basic. Also, thanks to microsoft for open sourcing the synaptics rmi i2c driver, which i also used as a. The acer c720 is a great notebook but the limited capabilities of chrome os can be daunting at times. Debianon is an effort to document how to install, configure and use debian on some specific hardware. Just run these commands to repatchcompileinstall the touchpad modules. Acer windows 10 touchpad driver free downloads and. Sometimes after powering off for a long period the touchpad function would return, but would quit again after extended use. How to install debianlinux on a acer c710 chromebook. The touchscreen still worked, but running powerwash, and deleting extensions did nothing.
The performance overall though of this lowcost chromebook continues to be admirable and works great with linux sans the touchpad issues. Any advice on getting this thing working would be greatly appreciated. Cypress gen3 apa trackpad driver for acer c720, hp chromebook 14, dell chromebook 11 and toshiba chromebook 1. This additional xorg configuration seems to fix this issue. Running windows on an acer c720 chromebook posted on 05242015 at 9. This page collects the most relevant tips and tricks for using crouton on an acer c710, and its many model variations. But under the hood, its a lot like other laptops which can run windows, linux, or other operating systems an. I found some working drivers for chipset, graphics and audio for my c720 2844 on windows 8. On stock ubuntu the touchpad does indeed work out of the box in so far as i can. Section inputclass identifier touchpad catall driver synaptics matchistouchpad on option tapbutton1 1 option vertedgescroll 1 end section. The touchpad stopped working because a kernel upgrade overrided the patched touchpad modules.
To install the synaptics touchpad driver, run the following commands. Download acer support drivers by identifying your device first by entering your device serial number, snid, or model number. I found some working drivers for chipset, graphics and audio for my c720. The acer c720 chromebook runs really well with ubuntu installed with chrubuntu dualbooting with chromeos. This is a modification to your ubuntu operating system os that has had great success in resolving issues such as erratic or jumping cursor. Trackpad not working on acer c720 toms hardware forum. To trace down the problem check your input devices, run this code in terminal to see the complete list. May need minor adjustments for trackpad size on others. Drivers and manuals acer community acer answers repairs warranty information contact support get help for your acer.
The driver computes the scrolling speed corresponding to the finger speed immediately before the finger leaves the touchpad. The touchpad would stop working during use and would not restore function after powering down and restarting. Ive shutdown the chromebook a few times, even let the battery go down, but the touchpad still doesnt work. For now ive been getting by just using a usb mouse but aside from that the device ran without any other major problems on ubuntu. News chromeos mouse driver for linux version 2 released. Anyway, i have no problem with the touchpad driver, as the driver i linked is a port of the chrome os driver and is simply awesome. Acer c720 chromebook delivers fast ubuntu performance.
See the libinput article on how to install and setup your touchpad. Here you see the fullblown ubuntu unity running on the acer c720. Chrx allows you to dualboot linux and chromeos on your chromebook or chromebox. The install went easily and required no special steps with having already enabling the legacy seabios mode on the lightweight, lowpower laptop. Fixing suspend in xubuntu on the acer c720 a simplified guide i am posting this guide as a pointintime assist after the release of ubuntu 14. Therefore potential buyers would know if that hardware is supported and owners would know how get the best out of that hardware. A hardwaredevice driver allows your computer to use devices that are attached to it. The acer c720 chromebook and newer chromebooks in general features a legacy boot mode that makes it easy to boot linux and other operating systems. You might also have noticed that you now are triggering a bunch of mouse clicks while typing on the c720s smallish. How to install ubuntu linux on your chromebook with crouton. Install chromiumos touchpad driver for linux chroot crouton on acer c720c. Precision touchpad driver demo on acer c720 chromebook.
Crouton also uses chrome oss standard drivers for your chromebooks hardware, so you shouldnt run into issues with your touchpad or other hardware. Hey, ive got a predator helios 300 and installed ubuntu 18. After following a guide this wiki, i managed to instal linux ubuntu 14. The only major compatibility issue is that right now theres no upstream linux support for the touchpad found on the acer c720. This version contains the latest chromeos code, which supports all the new chromebooks such as the pixel 2, c740, c910, and more. I have released version 2 of the chromeos x11 mouse driver for linux. Touchpad not working on acer c720 chromebook ubuntu forums. The following fix is a best practice for troubleshooting the touchpad mouse configuration in ubuntu. Cypress gen3 apa precision touchpad driver for acer c720, hp chromebook 14 and dell chromebook 11. Specifically these tips were from setting up crouton with ubuntu with the unity desktop environment on trusty 14. Trackpad stopped working after ubuntu update acer c720.
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