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gnome-settings-daemon package

  1. Bug #868400
  2. Comment #39

Comment 39 for bug 868400

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Karl (karl1982) wrote : Re: Synaptics touchpad stops working

"synclient TouchpadOff=0" has no effect for me. That setting is toggling correctly as I start/stop typing. Also, I have the exact same problem whether "disable touchpad while typing" is enabled or not.

It isn't just that the touchpad stops responding, it also sometimes goes berserk. The problem seems to worsen the longer the OS is running. Right after booting, it actually works for a couple minutes. By the 10 minute mark, it's so bad I can hardly even work with it using an external mouse.

This is probably unrelated, but I installed gpointing-device-settings to get some additional controls while troubleshooting this problem, and some of its options don't seem to stick. Such as disable touchpad when another device is connected. The setting will be unchecked again after reopening the program, and the setting never takes effect.