Jan Stutzki, 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support/product/alienware-13-r2/drivers an update to your computer's buggy, insecure, and outdated BIOS is available (1.2.13). 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. Also, 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 (not perform an apport-collect): 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) Please mark this report Status Confirmed. If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid. Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags removed: dell touchpad ** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.2.13 ** Description changed: The device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" is detected and all modules/drivers are loaded but is not sending any events. Attached is the output of cat /proc/bus/input/devices sudo evtest /dev/input/event7 (after clicking and trying to move the cursor of course) xinput xinput list-props 13 lsmod The touchpad works with Ubuntu 14.04 (not sure about the kernel version) and is working fine in some of the built-in recovery-functions. I tried the obvious fn-key-combo for locking the touchpad, but it did not make a difference. USB-Mouse is working fine. - uname -a - Linux xxxx 4.4.0-16-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 24 22:38:01 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux + WORKAROUND: blacklist i2c_hid ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.4.0-16-generic 4.4.0-16.32 [modified: boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-16-generic] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-16.32-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: - USER PID ACCESS COMMAND - /dev/snd/controlC0: stutzki 1886 F.... pulseaudio + USER PID ACCESS COMMAND + /dev/snd/controlC0: stutzki 1886 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Apr 1 22:47:42 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=45b1ef11-e9d4-4daf-9cb1-f253e996f6b4 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-01 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160401) MachineType: Alienware Alienware 13 R2 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-16-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=9bc7e2b8-0f93-4332-b217-19fdb84e9e0d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: - linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-16-generic N/A - linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-16-generic N/A - linux-firmware 1.157 + linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-16-generic N/A + linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-16-generic N/A + linux-firmware 1.157 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/22/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware dmi.bios.version: 1.2.12 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:bvr1.2.12:bd03/22/2016:svnAlienware:pnAlienware13R2:pvr1.2.12:rvnAlienware:rnAlienware13R2:rvrA00:cvnAlienware:ct10:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.name: Alienware 13 R2 dmi.product.version: 1.2.12 dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware ** 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/1565094 Title: Touchpad does not send events Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" is detected and all modules/drivers are loaded but is not sending any events. Attached is the output of cat /proc/bus/input/devices sudo evtest /dev/input/event7 (after clicking and trying to move the cursor of course) xinput xinput list-props 13 lsmod The touchpad works with Ubuntu 14.04 (not sure about the kernel version) and is working fine in some of the built-in recovery- functions. I tried the obvious fn-key-combo for locking the touchpad, but it did not make a difference. USB-Mouse is working fine. WORKAROUND: blacklist i2c_hid ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.4.0-16-generic 4.4.0-16.32 [modified: boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-16-generic] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-16.32-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: stutzki 1886 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Apr 1 22:47:42 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=45b1ef11-e9d4-4daf-9cb1-f253e996f6b4 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-01 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160401) MachineType: Alienware Alienware 13 R2 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-16-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=9bc7e2b8-0f93-4332-b217-19fdb84e9e0d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-16-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-16-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/22/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware dmi.bios.version: 1.2.12 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:bvr1.2.12:bd03/22/2016:svnAlienware:pnAlienware13R2:pvr1.2.12:rvnAlienware:rnAlienware13R2:rvrA00:cvnAlienware:ct10:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.name: Alienware 13 R2 dmi.product.version: 1.2.12 dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1565094/+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
