sean, as per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product- support/product/alienware-13-r2/drivers an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (A05). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?
For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report. Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible: 1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date 2) Please make a comment specifically advising on if there was an improvement or not. 3) If the issue is still reproducible, please mark this report Status Confirmed. Otherwise, please mark this as Invalid. Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.2.2 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1523738 Title: touchpad not working alienware 13 on ubuntu 15.10 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Installed ubuntu 15.10 on alienware 13, touchpad is showing up in xinput list as expected, but is totally unresponsive. Was working fine on 14.05 --- ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: sean 1610 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ed54b297-8650-46ee-b615-6d543bb47b7a InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-07 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) MachineType: Alienware Alienware 13 R2 Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-19-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=4c119f73-b6e4-4100-9d32-f6052a303bcf ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.2.0-19-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.2.0-19-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.149.3 Tags: wily UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev' Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 10/15/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware dmi.bios.version: 1.2.0 dmi.board.name: Alienware 13 R2 dmi.board.vendor: Alienware dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvr1.2.0:bd10/15/2015:svnAlienware:pnAlienware13R2:pvr1.2.0:rvnAlienware:rnAlienware13R2:rvrA00:cvnAlienware:ct10:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.name: Alienware 13 R2 dmi.product.version: 1.2.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1523738/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
