Jason, as per http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/DriverDetails?driverId=CVH98&fileId=3177644565 an update is available for your BIOS (A15). If you update to this, does it change anything?
If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags removed: kernel-bug-exists-upstream ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a15 kernel-bug-exists-upstream-v3.8-rc1 needs-upstream-testing ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Summary changed: - TouchPad detected as Generic Mouse + [Dell Inspiron 7720] TouchPad detected as Generic Mouse -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1093237 Title: [Dell Inspiron 7720] TouchPad detected as Generic Mouse To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1093237/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs