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No trackpad in 11.10 wubi

Asked by Jim Watson

Installed 11.10 via wubi on dell xps 15z laptop. When I boot ubuntu the trackpad does not work.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/799938
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dell_XPS_15z

Basically, run:

sudo modprobe -r psmouse
echo "options psmouse proto=imps" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/touchpadfix.conf > /dev/null
sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps

And it should work....

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Jim Watson (jwtsnheis) said : 		#2

Thank you so much for your assistance. It worked.

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Jim Watson (jwtsnheis) said : 		#3

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.