mohamed-badaoui/asus-touchpad-numpad-driver

Working but no light up solution (maybe)

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Tambup commented

Hi,

first thing is that the driver is working on my laptop, that is a "X430FA", with the "ux433fa" layout.
The only problem is that i can't see symbols on the touchpad. I solved changing the activation function in this way:

def activate_numlock(brightness):
    numpad_cmd = "i2ctransfer -f -y " + device_id + " w13@0x15 0x05 0x00 0x3d 0x03 0x06 0x00 0x07 0x00 0x0d 0x14 0x03 " + BRIGHT_VAL[brightness] + " 0xad"
    events = [
        InputEvent(EV_KEY.KEY_NUMLOCK, 1),
        InputEvent(EV_SYN.SYN_REPORT, 0)
    ]
    udev.send_events(events)
    d_t.grab()
    subprocess.call(numpad_cmd, shell=True)
    change_brightness(1)  # !!! THIS ONE IS THE NEW LINE !!!

This way it is fully working. My question is: why doesn't it already work this way? Incompatibility with other devices?
However, if this fix can be accepted, I can fork and add this fix and the update to the README with the new device.

As this is very useful, if you agree, I'd like to add this to the AUR (I will always use the last commit until you make a release) to make it immediate to install on arch. In this case, in my opinion, can be recommended to add a license.

wkynrocks commented

I had the same problem and it worked for me as well. Please remind the method name is change_bright (not change_brightness though).

Tambup commented

@wkynrocks are you sure about the function name? I see brightness here.

wkynrocks commented

I guess this is other file version... It might be another issue but does it work when you reboot because the service failed every time I restart the laptop. I need to enable it again after logging in.

mohamed-badaoui commented

Hi,
Keep in mind that is very difficult to help because i dont own all the asus models and I do not have tested on each linux distribution.
I just know that this issue was never reported before.
So is it a real issue, an issue for a particular model or specific linux OS.. hard to say ☹️

Tambup commented

@mohamed-badaoui makes sense. Let's wait if someone else has this problem to check.

glebtv commented

This didn't solve it for me. But my backlight started working with this driver after a reboot from windows (keys were working).

ASUS Zenbook 14X UX5401EA using m433ia qwerty layout, arch linux

TheMY3 commented

Didn't solve to me 😞

Hilicot commented

@mohamed-badaoui makes sense. Let's wait if someone else has this problem to check.

I had this problem on an Asus Vivobook M3401QC with Ubuntu 22 LTS. This code fixes my problem

StrangL commented

didn't solve to me. um425ua :(

charlesleaub commented

It worked perfectly for me it should be merged with this line added!

natoch commented

Thank you! Worked well for me on the UX3402VA model.

iuyfu commented

Hi,

first thing is that the driver is working on my laptop, that is a "X430FA", with the "ux433fa" layout. The only problem is that i can't see symbols on the touchpad. I solved changing the activation function in this way:

def activate_numlock(brightness):
    numpad_cmd = "i2ctransfer -f -y " + device_id + " w13@0x15 0x05 0x00 0x3d 0x03 0x06 0x00 0x07 0x00 0x0d 0x14 0x03 " + BRIGHT_VAL[brightness] + " 0xad"
    events = [
        InputEvent(EV_KEY.KEY_NUMLOCK, 1),
        InputEvent(EV_SYN.SYN_REPORT, 0)
    ]
    udev.send_events(events)
    d_t.grab()
    subprocess.call(numpad_cmd, shell=True)
    change_brightness(1)  # !!! THIS ONE IS THE NEW LINE !!!

This way it is fully working. My question is: why doesn't it already work this way? Incompatibility with other devices? However, if this fix can be accepted, I can fork and add this fix and the update to the README with the new device.

As this is very useful, if you agree, I'd like to add this to the AUR (I will always use the last commit until you make a release) to make it immediate to install on arch. In this case, in my opinion, can be recommended to add a license.

Hi,

Is this solution easy to apply for regular users ? I have no particular knowledge nor skills but I am facing this particularly annoying issue and it seems, you are the only solution on the internet !

Tambup commented

Hi,
first thing is that the driver is working on my laptop, that is a "X430FA", with the "ux433fa" layout. The only problem is that i can't see symbols on the touchpad. I solved changing the activation function in this way:

def activate_numlock(brightness):
    numpad_cmd = "i2ctransfer -f -y " + device_id + " w13@0x15 0x05 0x00 0x3d 0x03 0x06 0x00 0x07 0x00 0x0d 0x14 0x03 " + BRIGHT_VAL[brightness] + " 0xad"
    events = [
        InputEvent(EV_KEY.KEY_NUMLOCK, 1),
        InputEvent(EV_SYN.SYN_REPORT, 0)
    ]
    udev.send_events(events)
    d_t.grab()
    subprocess.call(numpad_cmd, shell=True)
    change_brightness(1)  # !!! THIS ONE IS THE NEW LINE !!!

This way it is fully working. My question is: why doesn't it already work this way? Incompatibility with other devices? However, if this fix can be accepted, I can fork and add this fix and the update to the README with the new device.
As this is very useful, if you agree, I'd like to add this to the AUR (I will always use the last commit until you make a release) to make it immediate to install on arch. In this case, in my opinion, can be recommended to add a license.

Hi,

Is this solution easy to apply for regular users ? I have no particular knowledge nor skills but I am facing this particularly annoying issue and it seems, you are the only solution on the internet !

@iuyfu yes, it is. Just go to this function (on your local laptop) and add the following line at the end of the function:

change_brightness(1)
iuyfu commented

@iuyfu yes, it is. Just go to this function (on your local laptop) and add the following line at the end of the function:

change_brightness(1)

Hey, thanks for answering. I was not clear enough haha, I have no clue how to even access this function, could you tell me ?

Tambup commented

Hi!
What do you mean by "access"?

iuyfu commented
Tambup commented

Hi @iuyfu, maybe now I got your question, let's see:
No, you don't have to type in the command prompt, but to change the code of that function in the source code.
All you need to do, once the package is installed, is to change the file asus_touchpad.py in your laptop, by adding that specific line in the file itself. Rephrased, you need to edit that file in the same way you change a text document.

ransur0t commented

Hi. Foremost, thank you for the driver script! I've installed it on model UM3402ya with m433ia layout and the numpad activates but the brightness function does not work -- numpad backlight is not visible despite making the edit to asus_touchpad.py ...

Is there an additional edit that needs to be made?

EDIT
I tried another driver script that did not work (https://github.com/asus-linux-drivers/asus-numberpad-driver). After uninstalling that one and reinstalling the one from this repo, the touchpad now lights up! Unfortunately now the calculator launch is not working ... !

Tambup commented

Hi @ransur0t.
It's difficult to backtrack, but my first idea for your original problem is that probably you have to restart the service after changing it.

About the calculator launch, unfortunately I can't guess anything.

ransur0t commented

@Tambup thanks -- yet, I was sure to reboot, multiple times! When I used the debug command it suddenly worked ... which is essentially manually triggering the driver script.

Regarding the calculator launch, I think that the other repo installation script made a change to the launcher association between the calc and the touchpad ... I'll have to dig into that.

Unfortunately I have a larger issue -- the MediaTek 7922 802.11ax WiFi adapter has pronounced issues with reliable speeds, sometimes slowing to a trickle, and other times not activating after wake.

It is a known issue, so either I keep the laptop and replace it with an Intel AX210 or do a return and continue my search for a replacement for my aging XPS 13 (9360)!

EDIT
I restored the calc toggle by running an isolated install script from https://github.com/mohamed-badaoui/asus-touchpad-numpad-driver.git. The WiFi card mt7922 is a big problem though. CLI speedtest results show tremendous latency and packet loss, on top of recurrent crippled speeds ...

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iuyfu commented

Hi!
What do you mean by "access"?

Hi, took me a long time to answer haha.

I am not familiar at all with github and I couldn't understand how to "use" this solution.
I clicked on your link and downloaded the .py file but I have no clue what to do with it.

I might have missed an explanation page or something?

ndelizoreux commented

Hi everyone,
I have an asus zenbook 14 UX3402ZA , and I have the layout m433ia, and my linux distro is Arch.
I had the same issue with the backlight, and the new line of code did the job and now everything works fine.

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ndelizoreux commented

Hi!
What do you mean by "access"?

Hi, took me a long time to answer haha.

I am not familiar at all with github and I couldn't understand how to "use" this solution. I clicked on your link and downloaded the .py file but I have no clue what to do with it.

I might have missed an explanation page or something?

Hello @iuyfu
Before to install, go into the asus_touchpad.py and add under line 166 change_brightness(1), don't forget to respect the indent. Then reinstall the driver.
Have a good day !

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aidendotgg commented

Hi!
What do you mean by "access"?

Hi, took me a long time to answer haha.
I am not familiar at all with github and I couldn't understand how to "use" this solution. I clicked on your link and downloaded the .py file but I have no clue what to do with it.
I might have missed an explanation page or something?

Hello @iuyfu Before to install, go into the asus_touchpad.py and add under line 166 change_brightness(1), don't forget to respect the indent. Then reinstall the driver. Have a good day !

This works, but when you switch out of numpad mode the numpad is still lit up. Any way to fix?