The following fix did work for me, from the notebookreview thread. I am now on the A12 BIOS with 2.6.27-9-generic.
Things you need to do: 1. You must first backup your menu.lst by doing this on the terminal window : sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst_BU - Use this file to restore menu.lst if the changes fail. 2. Edit the menu using the command: sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst 3. Then put the code i8042.nomux=1 like this: (Find the part in the menu.lst that looks like the sample below then insert the mentioned code.) title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=446ea0c7-57b1-4112-939c-3f1d74be9f5f ro quiet splash i8042.nomux=1 initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic quiet 4. Then save it. Restart. Should be working good. 5. Do it over again if you install new kernel. -- Dell XPSM1530 touchpad not working properly after BIOS upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306904 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
