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Minor touchpad annoyance, disabled vertcal scrolling?

I have a dell inspiron 1545 with an ALPS touchpad on raring. In my previous os I could disable the vertical scrolling function (the right edge of the touchpad) in the mouse settings. I have found a ...
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How To Disable Touchpad Running Ubuntu 12.04LTS On Dell Inspiron 1525

The Touchpad on my Dell laptop is an annoyance; while typing, if I inadvertantly strike it, the "I-beam" (or Mouse Pointer) ends up somewhere other than where I want it. None of the settings I have ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Touchpad option not exists

I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 and I have opened Mouse & Touch-pad, but there is no Touch pad tap. I am using a Dell Inspiron 17R 7720 SE.
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Dell Inspiron n5110 touchpad stop working after upgrate to 13.04

I've recently upgraded to 13.04 and touchpad partially stop working on my Dell Inspiron n5110. The left and right buttons still working but motions and taps don't. The system does detect my touchpad ...
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Dell Inspiron 7720 - upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 broke touchpad driver

Today the updated informed me that there are udpates and a new version of Kubuntu. After installing the updates and pressing "Quit" the updater began upgrading to 13.04 (?!?!?!). Anyway, after the ...
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Not recognizing TouchPad, USB, Wifi, or Ethernet on 13.04

Had 12.10 before and things were fine. I am using a Dell Vostro 3550 laptop. All devices work fine from the Live USB drive. But after I actually do the install onto my drive, my touchpad, usb ports, ...
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How to configure glidepoint driver for touchpad?

After using the hack described in : Alps Touchpad on Dell: how do I install the DKMS driver to enable multitouch?, I'm able to get somewhat functional touchpad for a laptop Dell Latititude E6430 using ...
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Touchpad works, can't be configured on Dell XPS 12 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

My Dell XPS 12 has a trackpad that shows up as follows xinput list: ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer ...
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touchpad two-finger scroll choppy on the Dell Latitude 6430?

I am trying Ubuntu on a LiveCD on a Dell Latitude 6430 (2013) and the touchpad two-finger scroll is choppy on the system. It works for a few inches down or up, but then it stops working, sometimes the ...
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Dell Vostro 2520 touchpad - Cursor randomly becomes uncontrollable

Everyone once so often, randomly occurring, the touchpad suffers severe cursor control issues. When this happens the cursor does not go to where I gesture it with my finger. In this state the cursor ...
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How to install touch pad driver on inspiron 7220 se?

I am trying to install this driver: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/606238/comments/202 My command line: augre@augre-Inspiron-7720:~/Downloads/usr/src/psmouse-alps-1.3$ bash ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 touchpad is not working in dell inspiron 1545

Recently my touch-pad stop working. But external mouse is working. There is no problem sice 6 months. How can I check whether my touchpad hardware is damaged. How can I solve this problem.(I'm using ...
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Screen flickers when using touchpad Dell Vostro 3550

I've searched here and see that a few people have problems with screen flickering. But I have not found a solution to my problem. The issue only occurs when I use my touchpad/laptop keyboard, and it ...
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Ubuntu LiveUSB killed buttons on WinXP Synaptics Touchpad!

I am a Ubuntu newbie and wanted to give 12.10 a try on Virtualbox with Windows XP on a Dell Inspiron 1520. I created a Live Ubuntu USB disk using this: LinuxLiveUSB LiLi, which allowed me to also ...
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Dell N5050 touchpad sensitivity

I've just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Dell N5050 and the touchpad experience is downright horrible. Not that it's much better on Windows, but at least I have enough settings to play with to make it ...
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Touchapd undetected fresh 12.04 install on Dell Vostro 1710

Decided to install 12.04LTS on my vostro 1710, but the touchpad is not recognized at all. I found some similar bug reports but the solutions given did not help me out. Here is my xinput list: ...
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'Disable Touchpad' Keyboard Shortcut doesn't work

I have a Dell Inspiron 5110 laptop. When I press the keyboard shortcut to disable the touchpad (Fn+F3) it shows this in the corner of the screen: But it does not actually disable the touchpad. This ...
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How to purge psmouse-alps-dst-0.4 driver?

After installing psmouse-alps-dst-0.4 driver for my Dell 5720 touchpad from here : http://www.dahetral.com/public-download I decided to uninstall it. I removed /usr/src/psmouse-alps-dst-0.4 folder, ...
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One more “Dell 17R touchpad” question

I am trying to enable touchpad multitouch/scrolling in Ubuntu 12.04 on my Dell Inspiron 5720 (17R). By default after installation it had the following settings (xinput results): ⎡ Virtual core ...
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How to fix the Dell Mini 10v (1010) touchpad with Ubuntu 12.04.1

I've just installed 12.04.1 from scratch on my Mini 10v, and the touchpad is behaving a bit oddly. It's got buttons integrated into the touchpad, and it looks as though a touch on a button is also ...
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Disabling mouse and keyboard

I have a Dell E6220 and Dell already preinstalled a script disabling the touchpad when pressing Fn+F5. Do you know a way to change this into disabling the touchpad AND the keyboard when pressing Fn+F5 ...
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Laptop buttons not working on a Dell Latitude e6400

I have install Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit on my Dell Latitude E6400 laptop. I have the latest bios version for my laptop (A32) which I downloaded from the official Dell website by checking updates that ...
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Dell Inspiron touchpad not working [closed]

I own a Dell Inspiron on which I installed 12.04 on. Everything was working great up until a couple of weeks ago when the Touchpad stopped working. It doesn't show up in mouse/touchpad settings ...
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Is the tap-to-click issue solved [closed]

I'm just an average Joe when it comes to computing (maybe less then the average Joe) but I hate tap-to-click. In system and settings there is no touchpad tab? Is it true that this has been fixed? ...
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Turn off tap to click on typing - ALPS touchpad [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: ALPS touchpad on DELL Inspiron I15RN-3647BK with Ubuntu 11.10 x64 There are many questions on the site regarding the ALPS touchpads which are not recognized by Ubuntu. ...
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Touchpad scrolling on Dell Inspiron 17R SE (N7220)

I have a new Dell Inspiron 17R that I have installed ubuntu 12.04 on. The touchpad is recognized as a PS/2 mouse, which means that I can't use scrolling and that there is no "Touchpad" tab in the ...
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Alps Touchpad on Dell: how do I install the DKMS driver to enable multitouch?

Now I know that this has been asked several times here but I couldn't find any decent solution to it. I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on my DELL N5110 and my touchpad is detected as a mouse, So I don't ...
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How do I enable all touchpad features using the Alps driver on a Dell N5110?

I know this subject has been discussed a lot, but I've got lost in all the information. My problem is: The touch pad is detected as PS/2 Generic Mouse. Installing this driver don't help. After ...
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Dell N5110 Touch pad Scroll bar not recognized in Ubuntu 12.0.4

I bought recently my Dell N 5110 and installed Ubuntu 12.0.4 LST X 64 Bit along with Windows 7. The problem I am facing is my touch pad is not recognized in ubuntu and tried installing alps (as I ...
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My touchpad doesn't work on Dell N5110 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I enable multi touch on a Dell inspiron n5110 with an ALPS touchpad? I have a dell inspiron 5110 laptop that has problem with touchpad in ubuntu(it's multitouch ...
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Dell Inspiron N5110 Keyboard & Touchpad

                                                                    I have Dell Laptop " N 5110 " How do make 2 finger scrolling work + 2 fingers zoom in & zoom out work How to Fn + f3 To ...
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Dell vostro 1310 touchpad doesn't wotk!

I just installed Ubuntu on my Windows 7 system. Touchpad and wireless don't work. Can anyone help me?
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How do I get the Touchpad Settings working on a Dell XPS 13" Ultrabook?

Today I got an brand new Dell XPS 13 and I really like it. Wifi/Bluetooth/Brightness works very well. But only the Touchpad makes me insane. Okay, Multitouch is really nice and i love it on my Macbook ...
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Keyboard and touch pad is not working on a Dell XPS 15z

I am new linux user, I dont anything about how linux works, i am working on that, but mean while, i installed ubuntu on my Dell xps 15z, it works fine, except for the keyboard and the touch pad mouse. ...
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ALPS touchpad on DELL Inspiron I15RN-3647BK with Ubuntu 11.10 x64

I can't make work the multitouch of the ALPS touchpad in my Dell Inspiron I15RN-3647BK with Ubuntu 11.10 x64, kernel 3.0.0-17-generic... I have tried with this driver but it doesn't work ...
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How do I get the touchpad working on a Dell Inspirion Duo? [closed]

I installed 12.04 version of Ubuntu on my Dell Inspiron Duo. After installing with help of program like UNetBootIn or smth like that. After that i followed with steps from here, in the first post ...
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How can I configure the touchpad and keyboard settings on a Dell Inspiron 5110? [closed]

I am using ubuntu 11.10. I want the following 3 things: I have dell inspiron 5110 laptop. There is button at the top right corner of laptop which can be used for turning the screen off. It works in ...
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Alps Loaded but PS/2 mouse also loaded!

i have Dell Inspiron 15R and i installed psmouse-alps package, it successfully recognized my Touchpad and i can see touchpad option under mouse properties as well, but my touchpad doesn't works at ...
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No “Touchpad Tab” under Mouse and Touchpad settings. Detected as PS/2 Generic Mouse

I have a Dell Inspiron with Ubuntu 12.04 installed. I can use my touchpad fine but I can't scroll with it. When I run windows it uses two finger scrolling but for some reason it won't work on Ubuntu. ...
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How to disable the touchpad on a Dell Inspiron 5040

I have a Dell Inspiron 5040, and I cannot disable the touchpad. The best solution would be if Ubuntu could actually not ignore the keyboard shortcut that disables it.
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Dell N4110 touchpad suddenly stopped working

I am using Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit and my touchpad on Dell N4110 suddenly stopped working. I have checked the mouse and touchpad settings and the touchpad is not disabled. What should I do?
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Touchpad not working on Dell XPS L501x

I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 (64 bit) and my touchpad is dead. Some ideas?
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Touchpad two finger sensivity problem

Having asked about touchpad not only once but twice. I have again come back to same topic :D. Basically I have a working two finger scrolling after adding the following line in /etc/profile after I ...
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Two finger scrolling not working [closed]

My question is related to this question in askubuntu. Yesterday, I tried installing Ubuntu 11.04. The problem with my touchpad still persists. Although the touchpad section in Mouse says two finger ...
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Vostro 3400 touchpad multiple gesture and two finger scrolling not working

I recently bought a dell vostro 3400 i3 with 4 gb ram. Everything works smooth as silk and I am using maverick but I can't get two finger scrolling and multiple gestures such as zoom etc which it says ...
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Touchpad too slow — how do I adjust it?

Apparently this is a recurring problem. I tried System->Preferences->Mouse but it didn't help. There's a lot of info on the web on this, but it is outdated (Ubuntu 7.04 and 8.04). Any tips on how to ...
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How to disable touchpad on Dell Latitude E-Series (E5510, E6510)?

I want to disable the touchpad. I want to keep the trackstick. Is it possible? The Alps touchpad is recognized by the kernel as a PS/2 Generic Mouse. Not all its features are supported by the kernel ...