Phil, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/inspiron-15-5547-laptop/drivers an update to your BIOS is available (A04). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
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. For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Once the BIOS is updated, then please mark this report Status Confirmed. Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: latest-bios-a04 ** Tags removed: latest-bios-a04 ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a04 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** 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/1374212 Title: [Dell Inspiron 5547] - touchpad locks on select and unable to unlock Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have a new Dell Inspiron 5547, I am dual booting with ubuntu 14.04.1 and win 8.1. When running on ubuntu, I am using touchpad exclusively, and sometimes the touchpad gets locked into selection and I am unable to unlock. I have tried hitting ESC, tabbing to another window, but unable to unlock. I have other symptons (cursor jumps to other lines of text when typing, cusor jumps to last icon on launch pad), but I think those are all related. I have tried disabling touchpad when typing but to no avail. It also sometimes seems that this sympthon sometimes survies a reboot. sudo xinput ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ DLL063E:00 06CB:2934 id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=13 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Integrated_Webcam_HD id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=12 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=14 [slave keyboard (3)] pme991@tcllp-1:/usr/local$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 I appreciate any guidance or assistance. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-36-generic 3.13.0-36.63 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-36.63-generic 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-36-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: pme991 2084 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: pme991 2084 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Sep 25 16:57:22 2014 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f38517c4-e36a-4946-9bea-30c050152453 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-16 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 5547 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-36-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=af854011-dbd6-4233-843b-7a8178702c5b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-36-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-36-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127.6 SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: rts5139 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/20/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A02 dmi.board.name: 0598GM dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A02 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd03/20/2014:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron5547:pvrA02:rvnDellInc.:rn0598GM:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA02: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 5547 dmi.product.version: A02 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1374212/+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
