Hey sorry for the delayed response, I can confirm that Yafar's solution worked for me fine on linux mint 18 (ubuntu 16.04)
-- 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: [Dell Alienware 13 R2] touchpad not working Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged 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
