Is it possible to use Windows touchpad driver in Ubuntu? I have a Dell n5110 and the touchpad is not recognized. I cannot use scroll, and most annoying, while typing the pointer usually jumps if the touchpad is touched. I see that there are lots of questions here and on the internet about this issue. Some claim to work, but I tried everything with no results.
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You cannot use Windows drivers on Ubuntu unless it's for a network device under ndiswrapper, but maybe this link will help in getting your touchpad working properly:
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dell basically shipped a new touchpad from alps, where previous alps drivers don't work. it uses a new protocol to use the multi-finger touch pad. alps (or dell) doesn't care about giving the drivers to linux distros.
a team tried to reverse engineer the windows drivers to get it working in linux. and here's what they came up with...
place the
psmouse-alps-dst-0.4folder in/usr/src(u need root permission)in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), run #
sudo bash /usr/src/psmouse-alps-dst-0.4/install.shconfigure touch pad in system settings :-)
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No , you cannot use Windows Driver for Ubuntu in any case . It is simple not possible. If you probably ask How to make the DELL N5110 Touchpad working in Ubuntu , you will probably get more proper help here.
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