Fedora 20 and Dell Latitude e6400

[Paul Cartwright]

On 08/27/2014 03:00 PM, Brian Johnson wrote:
> Well, a couple of updates:
>
> 1) I don't think I have a camera -- a user wrote me and told me to
> look at the configuration using my service tag. I did and there's not
> a camera listed. Which is fine, but there's something odd on the
> bottom bezel of the screen. It's square and looks like it has a lens
> in it, like a camera. If it isn't a camera...I have no clue what it is.
>
> 2) the touchpad is...kind of working? After I sent the initial email,
> at a friend's urging, I booted it with an Ubuntu live cd. It worked as
> I hoped, and when I ran "xinput list" it was listed as "Alps/PS/2 ALPS
> DualPoint TouchPad". When I reboot into Fedora and ran "xinput list",
> it was now listed as "Alps/PS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad" as well and
> working. I was able to configure it using the Settings Mouse and had
> no problems. Then I reboot to see if it was persistent and when I did,
> it was listed as just "PS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad" and stopped
> working again. Another reboot and it was correctly detected and working.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts on why it's seen as one way and doesn't
> work, then seen correctly and working?
>
> Thanks.
looks like others have this issue also..

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/25359/alps-touchpad-not-functional-on-dell-inspiron-15r/



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