I even imported the deprecated 50conf files that are no longer in use, as referenced in the arnold the bat site. Then, go to USB controlls and click UNINSTALL on everything except the category itself.

Click on start, right click on my computer, click on properties, click on device. Click Update Driver and RIGHT click on Touchpad select UNINSTALL. By choosing the Dell Inspiron laptop support team you can experience the world-class customer assistance against various problems such as installation, update drivers, upgrading system software, Setup & Configure, Firewall and Proxy Related Issues, Dell Inspiron touchpad not working, Wi-F Connectivity Issues, Data Storage, and Backup related. The best thing to do would be to uninstall and reinstall the touchpad drivers. Double click on touchpad and go to Driver's Tab. If that doesn't work, go to Control Panel and click on Mice and Pointing Devices. I've only seen the trackpad resurface twice, and this hasn't occured since I dusted off my copy-pasta terminal skillz otherwise i'd dump some logs. First, restart the laptop to refresh the cursor. Literally, have had my OCD triggered, but now that I've tried this device with lubuntu, ubuntu, other chromium builds as well as bliss OS I am feeling like this touchpad isn't playing nice with the current linux kernel.ĭell Hotkeys could be an issue too as I see them appear on evtest, but other than I guess wiping the drive I don't understand how live boot saw the drivers for this bugger then upon install we lost them, and then also don't understand how I never see synaptics drivers appear on evtest. This is after I hunted & followed all of the steps that the awesome super hero Forrest Smith has recommended personally as well as curated in these forums. Dell Inspiron N5050 Notebook Alps Touchpad Driver A00. I updated the bios last night on the Inspiron but unfortunately found that it didn't offer any additional settings concerning the trackpad. Keyboard & Mouse > ALPS > Dell Inspiron N5050 Notebook Alps Touchpad Driver A00.

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