Hi Christopher, thanks for your help. I have just flashed my BIOS and this is what I get when quering for BIOS info:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date A03 03/22/2011 It makes actually sense if it was a problem with the BIOS because it was not only the touchpad affected but also the Bluetooth device sometimes was not existing. It seems to be fine now although I booted only a couple of times so I don't know if it is a stable solution. Anyway, I don't think it's something wrong with the HW scanning of the kernel. How shall I move this bug record? Thanks again for your help, mucj appreciated. Cheer, Renato -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091014 Title: Dell Inspiron 1370 Synaptics touchpad not detected by kernel Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The Synaptics touchpad works once every 10 boots or so. I have to use the mouse, which is regularly detected and fully working. It has always happened with all the kernels I used since Ubuntu 10. It seems that it is not detected by the kernel when it scans the bus for input devices. Following is dmesg, devices and Xorg.0.log. Thanks for looking into this and for your excellent work in general. --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272 Analog [ALC272 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: renato 1918 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0800000 irq 46' Mixer name : 'Intel Cantiga HDMI' Components : 'HDA:10ec0272,10280418,00100001 HDA:80862802,80860101,00100000' Controls : 18 Simple ctrls : 8 CheckboxSubmission: 9f70f05d894db2c28de04f8032862ead CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1370 MarkForUpload: True NonfreeKernelModules: wl Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-34-generic root=UUID=c293b245-f868-4efc-be88-cc3439f98ac0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-34.53-generic 3.2.33 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-34-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-34-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79.1 Tags: precise running-unity Uname: Linux 3.2.0-34-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare dmi.bios.date: 09/15/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A01 dmi.board.name: 0R8PR3 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A01 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A01 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA01:bd09/15/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1370:pvrA01:rvnDellInc.:rn0R8PR3:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA01: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1370 dmi.product.version: A01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1091014/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp