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ELAN and FocalTech (Smart Touchpad) driver Issues


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Yep, I wonder if you even require the K/B backlight patch in your SSDT. Did you try your K/B backlight w/o it ?

 

Yep, I don't think that there are any clover patches for K/B backlight, hence "hotpatching" is not really relevant here.

Believe me, if I could find clover patches for the K/B backlight, I'd try 'em !

 

Hey, if you can compile my DSDT from the command line but not from a GUI tool, what does that tell you about the tool ? Lol !

 

It's not the number of warnings and remarks so much as types that matter. Unused vars are no biggie, right ?

But what are u gonna do with my DSDT after you compile it anyway ?

 

My ATKD.SKBL() and ATKD.GKBL() came from a well published patch by the author of this kext and are pretty much identical to yours and all others that I have seen. My DSDT does not have the "KBLV" variable, it has "KBLD" so I changed KBLV to KBLD in the patch code rather than rename KBLD throughout my DSDT to KBLV.  That's pretty obvious if u inspect at my DSDT source. While I agree that every tool possible should be considered to hack these pcs, I would prefer not to lose sight of the importance of being as familiar as possible with the ins and outs of direct DSDT modding. I believe that this is still central to full success.

 

Yes, I absolutely agree that figuring out the proper PCI0.LPCB.EC0.WRAM address seems key right now.

 

Unfortunately, that thread proposes 2 addresses that I have already tried, the one that you use, for Haswell-based Asus and the other, for a Broadwell-based Asus. My Q500a is a generation older than yours, Ivy-bridge. So perhaps my secret door lies at yet another memory address.

 

Might be time to do some snooping on the Windows side using RWEverthing or Aida64 ...

 

Anyway, I have a few more tricks up my sleeve and so the hunt goes on. If I get the keyboard backlight then I will have a near perfect HackBook Pro.

 

Sleep, SpeedStep, video acceleration, USB2, USB3, internal speakers, HDMI video and audio, WiFi, ethernet, all other FKeys, WebCam, sD card reader, etc.

 

Just the microphone and K/B backlight remain.

 

Thanks again for attention and good luck in your projects !

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I Have a Lenovo Y50-70 (High Sierra) with ELAN. I delete voodooPs2 kext, and install (via kext utility) Smartouchpad 4,7 beta 5 , but I can't use double tap until i don't click on the correlated voice in prefpane (each time) and the cursor is instable... like if it "jumps", not big moves/jumps, but it never be stopped. How can I fix it?

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Aloha -

 

Happy to report that there was a happy ending to this saga. In hindsight, this was probably not the appropriate topic under which to discuss a keyboard backlight issue. I moved the issue over to another topic and did ultimately get it figured out.

 

Just in case anyone else finds themselves here looking for a solution to a nonworking keyboard backlight on an Asus laptop - particularly, the Asus Q500a ...

 

https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1968-fn-hotkey-and-als-sensor-driver-for-asus-notebooks/page-50&do=findComment&comment=78209

 

But all keyboard backlight issues are probably best researched over there along with other matters specifically involving the function keys on Asus laptops.

 

Ciao

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hello. I'm using msi ge60 2pl apache laptop and using applepd2smarttouchpad ver4.7 beta5. I checked in window manager. it show my keyboard is ps/2 keyboard. ur kext worked for me, but is there any way to use Fn key as normal keyboard (not using shif+caps lock)?

your set up with sift+caps lock + key is perfect. but when I'm using fn+F3 or special key from my keyboard it alway turn on/Off sound. or when I press Fn F6 to turn on/off my camera, it alway become brightness up.
hope u help me fix it. thank you very much (and sorry for my bad English)

I hope new update will have an option to make fn work as shift + caps, so we can chose method to use shift + caps or fn or contex menu

 

PS: my keyboard look like attached. fn+f3 and special key which have yellow led alway turn on/off sound. fn+f4, fn+f6 alway become up/down brightness. fn+f10 not work but it not important. fn+f12 worked. all of another working perfectly.

 

msi-ge60-2pl-801xvn-apache-core-i5-4210h-gtx-850m-hinh-3.jpg

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AeroMac.ioreg

 

Hello, 

 

I have an Aero 15x V8 Laptop with an Elan PS2 Touchpad. I'm on High Sierra 10.13.5

I use this driver which works with my trackpad and allow to access Sysprefs>Trackpad Options.

 

However, i have 2 issues : 

-The trackpad often freezes for 1-2 seconds, especially after clicking but not only.

-The options made on Sysprefs>Trackpad are working but not upon reboot. (For example if i check double finger tap=contextual menu, it works. But upon reboot it doesn't work anymore. If i open Sysprefs>Trackpad, the option is still checked. If i uncheck et recheck the option, it works again... until reboot).

 

I've tried v4.5, v4.6.5, v4.7 beta 5

 

Anyone having the same issue? Any idea on how to resolve this?

Thanks!

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i finished install mojave all things work ,but when move pointer by tarkpad or mouse
i see not sensitivity and inexactness and Deviation in motion

 

i am used app cursersence for make mouse and tarckpad better 
my mose is better now 
but i cant found tarckpad in list devices in app to change setting for it 
plz help me

 

my laptop hp probook 450 g5 i7

pad: Synaptics HID ClickPad

        Hid complaint mouse

        PS/2 Compatible

 

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Hello I installed catalina using opencore. if i apply applesmarttrackpad kext touchpad shows in preference but keyboard and trackpad both won't work and if i use voodoops2 only my keyboard works, my touchpad doesn't work. i have elan touchpad. Please help.......... 

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