Public bug reported: I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on a dell inspiron 15R 5521. I had this issue of the touchpad left click not working, so I had to reinstall ubuntu 16.04. It was working fine until today, when the left mouse click stopped working.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-42-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.14 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Tue Dec 26 22:33:33 2017 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [1028:05b8] Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Mars [Radeon HD 8730M] [1002:6601] (rev ff) (prog-if ff) InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-09 (17 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801) MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 5521 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic root=UUID=25df23ab-470e-4ac2-b44a-dd76be9b544f ro drm.debug=0xe plymouth:debug SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/31/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A14 dmi.board.name: 05X7WX dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A14 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA14:bd07/31/2015:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron5521:pvrA14:rvnDellInc.:rn05X7WX:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA14: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 5521 dmi.product.version: A14 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160823-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.76-1~ubuntu16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 xserver.bootTime: Tue Dec 26 22:31:24 2017 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: RADEON(G0): [XvMC] Failed to initialize extension. xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 991 vendor LGD xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 ubuntu xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740152 Title: Touchpad mouse left click doesn't work on Dell Inspiron 15r 5521 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1740152/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs