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xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package

  1. Bug #549727
  2. Comment #122

Comment 122 for bug 549727

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Nick Twigg (nick-nick-web) wrote : Re: [10.04] Touchpad stops working after login

I would like to add that I DONT have a trackpad or touchpad installed, and use an MS Wireless Multimedia Keyboard V1.0A (WUR0335).. This issue presented itself and the keyboard would just stop working. The menus in 10.04 would highlight (i.e Applications, Places and System) but no dropdown would occur. I disabled any desktop effects to no avail.

At first, I kept hitting the power button on the machine to switch off and on, as the menus would not respond, however, as un-scientific as it is, if i pressed my hands on as many keys as possible, I was given an Ubuntu Notification then my keyboard stopped working.

The notification looked like a trackpad, so I looked in the notification folder, found the icon, and found what normally uses it for notifications (BTW - There was no record of the notification in the log!)

From there, it led to this bug, and to this fix :

gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/keybindings/touchpad ""

~Which runs at every login. I know, elegant, eh?

This is a fresh 10.04 install.. One thing I did notice tho, is bug 192508. That bug could be related to Remote Desktop.. Is there a possibility this could also be? Does anyone have RD Enabled?

Thanks,

N