bradleyaroth, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product- support/product/inspiron-15-5555-laptop/drivers?os=biosa an update to your computer's buggy, insecure, and outdated BIOS is available (A11). When you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate how does this improve the situation?
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 New. If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid. Thank you for your help. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a11 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1590393 Title: Synaptics touchpad discontinues function after login Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After starting the laptop the touchpad works for about 20-30 seconds after login. Am only able to utilize external USB mouse for functional control over the pointer. This is a fresh install (not upgrade) to the new LTS 16.04, Touchpad was working correctly with the last LTS 14.04. Unloading and reloading the mouse does nothing. $ lsb_release -rd Release: 16.04 $ apt-cache policy synaptic synaptic: Installed: 0.83 Candidate: 0.83 Version table: *** 0.83 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status I created scripts to dump all relevant data while the touchpad was working as well as after it stopped working. Below are the scripts I ran, I have attached their outputs. #!/bin/bash cat /proc/bus/input/devices > ~/devices dmesg > ~/dmesg_boot cp /var/log/Xorg.0.log ~/Xorg.0.log #!/bin/bash LANG=C dmesg > ~/dmesg diff -ns ~/dmesg_boot ~/dmesg > ~/dmesg_diff cp /var/log/Xorg.0.log ~/Xorg.0.log_tmp diff -ns ~/Xorg.0.log ~/Xorg.0.log_tmp > ~/Xorg.0.log_diff ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None Date: Wed Jun 8 05:46:49 2016 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox-guest, 5.0.18, 4.4.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Carrizo [1002:9874] (rev c5) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Carrizo [1028:06bd] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-08 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Linux Lite 3.0 - Release amd64 MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 5555 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-22-generic root=UUID=cdee5904-960c-4b97-91bb-66e57752f697 ro i8042.noloop quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A08 dmi.board.name: 0CHHXW dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A08 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd08/27/2015:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron5555:pvrA08:rvnDellInc.:rn0CHHXW:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA08: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 5555 dmi.product.version: A08 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160526-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1590393/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
