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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

komputes, as per http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product
/inspiron-17r-se-7720 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** Tags added: bios-outdated-a15 needs-upstream-testing regression-
potential

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

** Summary changed:

- Touchpad on Dell 17R is recognized as PS/2 Generic Mouse
+ [Dell Inspiron 17R SE 7720] Touchpad is recognized as PS/2 Generic Mouse

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Title:
  [Dell Inspiron 17R SE 7720] Touchpad is recognized as PS/2 Generic
  Mouse

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Touchpad on Dell 17R is recognized as PS/2 Generic Mouse. Scrolling
  does not work and I cannot disable tap to click. There is no
  "Touchpad" tab in mouse properties.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.6.2-1ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Dec 10 22:26:21 2012
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: quantal
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-06 (5 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 7720
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root ro quiet splash
  SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 09/14/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A10
  dmi.board.name: 04M3YM
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A00
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd09/14/2012:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron7720:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn04M3YM:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
  dmi.product.name: Inspiron 7720
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3412-0ubuntu0.1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6.1
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3

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