Not working so well

[wdthompson]

And the reason is,, it seems to depend on systemd, which I avoid
Is it possible to make it work under init.d?

[jonaslb]

It doesn't depend on systemd. If you want to run it as a service under an alternative init system, you just have to translate the service definition to the way it is appropriate for that alternative init system. This should be trivial for anyone who considers themselves knowledgeable enough to choose their own init system, I believe.

[wdthompson]

Until a few years ago, system V init was a 40 year standard
launch.sh seems to be looking for event[1-9} in /sys
With 5.10 there is only event0, a directory and not in 'right' place

[metaquanta]

launch.sh could certainly be wrong for your system/device.
Replace it with exec /usr/sbin/soft_fn /dev/input/eventx where /dev/input/eventx is your keyboard's event device.
That script has worked for a number of Intel Chromebooks, but there is a lot of room for it to fail based upon specific device configuration.

[metaquanta]

How awesome must systemd be to upset that 40+ yr standard?.. in Debian stable?.. Awesome.

[wdthompson]

OK not the place for an argument about systemd, despite my opinion of its bloat OR the authors

On this HP, CHELL, G1 13, I tried MX (fresh dl_) in systemd mode, and it didn't work,
don't remember details about install complaint
Switching back to SV, then DM gave blank screen, only xdm and slimdm would work
(startx still worked despite blank screen, but obviously no switching)
So far pepermintOS manages the elan touchpad best so far
The modified command didn't seem to be effective for pepOS