Public bug reported: There's currently no Touchpad option associated with this device, even though the Dell XPS 15z has a multi-touch capable touchpad, similar to my former MacBook Pro (which, btw, worked perfectly fine in Ubuntu).
Currently, the touchpad only works in mouse emulation, and doesn't have a dedicated touchpad tab in the System Settings > Mouse and Touchpad settings menu. Please find attached a screenshot that shows shows this behavior. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.6.2-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-2.2-generic 3.5.0-rc4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-2-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.2.5-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Jul 2 07:46:38 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120629) MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System XPS 15Z ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-2-generic root=UUID=b1eec17b-cae9-41d1-941c-029a89deb344 ro quiet splash noapic acpi_apic acpi_apic_instance=4 vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/20/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A10 dmi.board.name: 00WW5M dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd02/20/2012:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPS15Z:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn00WW5M:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1: dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS 15Z dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8+bzr3249-0ubuntu2 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.33-3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.3-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.3-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.12.1.902-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~really6.14.4-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.19.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.1-1build1 ** Affects: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1020086 Title: Touchpad on Dell XPS 16z not working as expected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1020086/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp