Benjamin McGough, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product- support/product/optiplex-780/diagnose an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (A15). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything? For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report. Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible: 1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not perform an apport-collect): sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date 2) Please make a comment specifically advising on if there was an improvement or not. 3) Please mark this report Status Confirmed. If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid. Thank you for your understanding. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1535858 Title: Kensington Trackball EmulateMiddleButton disabled; only 2 buttons Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The Kensington Orbit Trackball is a USB device with two physical buttons, a scroll ring, and the ball. By default EmulateMiddleButton is disabled, but should be enabled as there is no third button. The only reason I'm reporting this is that I really really like this device - I've been searching for a good trackball most of my career, and this is the best I have found. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-040400rc8-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None Date: Tue Jan 19 09:58:01 2016 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2e12] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0420] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0420] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-24 (56 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.3) MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 780 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-040400rc8-generic root=UUID=a9a7a783-6676-4913-a526-b6d2f317dfb5 ro quiet crashkernel=384M-:128M SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/13/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A03 dmi.board.name: 0C27VV dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd02/13/2010:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlex780:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0C27VV:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.name: OptiPlex 780 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1.1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.6 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Thu Jan 14 11:19:04 2016 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 41081 vendor DEL xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1535858/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
