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Need Help with Ubuntu on XPS13 Dev. Ed.


JohnA

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OS is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, installed by Dell.

 

Several weeks ago I got some updates from Dell as well as Ubuntu that disabled both my wifi and external mouse.  I finally discovered it was 

synaptic-i2c-hid-3.13.0-32-backport driver in DKMS format

for the mouse and a similar driver for the Broadcom wifi card it once had.  I changed the Broadcom for an Intel to get native compatibility for a future LTS OS upgrade.  Disabling the i2c/DKMS wifi driver restores my wifi.  This laptop has no ethernet capability.  

 

If I enable the i2c hid driver, my touchpad (hated, but necessary) works, but no USB mouse will work.  If I disable it USB mice work and the touchpad doesn't.  Yet it will activate the keypad backlights if I touch it. 

 

I put messages out on the Ubuntu and Dell forums and have received no replies. 

 

Can you help me restore my touchpad function? 

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So,  upgrading to 16.04 did it and eliminated the Dell "updates" that broke it in the first place.  Not satisfied, I continued to 18.04 and wow!  THAT is a big Change.  No more menu bars.  No more Unity, that I did not like but had become accustomed to.  Spent all last night on upgrades and this evening on sizing fonts and icons and settings so its easier to use.  1910 x 1080 on a 13" screen gives minute fonts my readers can't clarify! 

 

It seems just as snappy and so far everything works but MacSlow's Cairo Clock.  :-/ 

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