Great news! With the new kernel, everything seems to work like when I don't blacklist the driver. The devices are named differently though.
wt@braindead:~$ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ DLL060A:00 06CB:2734 id=12 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:101a id=15 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ HID 05f3:0007 id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ HID 05f3:0007 id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Integrated_Webcam_HD id=11 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=14 [slave keyboard (3)] wt@braindead:/etc/modprobe.d$ grep i2c * blacklist.conf:blacklist i2c_i801 wt@braindead:/etc/modprobe.d$ lsmod | grep i2c i2c_hid 18860 0 i2c_designware_platform 12960 0 i2c_designware_core 14768 1 i2c_designware_platform hid 106148 6 i2c_hid,hid_generic,hid_rmi,usbhid,hid_logitech_dj i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 i915 wt@braindead:/etc/modprobe.d$ -- 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/1265885 Title: regression: SynPS/2 touchpad detected as DLL060A:00 pointer Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Trusty: Triaged Bug description: This regression occurs somewhere between 3.11.0-14-generic (latest on saucy) and 3.13.0-031300rc6-generic (a test kernel). On the earlier kernel, I actually get settings for setting up my touchpad in the unity interface. With the updated kernel, those options disappear. I only get one set of options both my mouse and my touchpad instead of each one independently. It means that I can't set the pointer speed differently or turn on natural scrolling for my touchpad. WORKAROUND: Execute at a terminal and then reboot your system: echo "blacklist i2c_hid" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf Release Notes Text Bug:1265885 On some Dell XPS13 systems the Synaptics touchpad is incorrectly recognised as a mouse. See the bug for possible workarounds. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1265885/+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