I'm getting the same error (touching the touchpad = mouse going crazy - it eventually settles in the top right corner and is unresponsive to either clicks or movement, and none of the above work arounds have worked for me.
I've noticed, however, that if I plug in a USB mouse after the bug occurs, I can move the pointer freely, but the system refuses to recognise any mouse clicks, whether from the USB mouse or the touchpad. If I plug in a USB mouse before the error occurs, it works fine until I touch the touchpad, then the above occurs. In case it helps, I've also been unable to disable the touchpad through any ubuntu settings (including dconf), whether for when typing, or just turning the damn thing off altogether. The function key combo, which is built into the laptop, does work however. Also, this bug was occurring randomly when first installed (every second or third reboot had it occurring), but since I ran all the latest updates, it now occurs every single time from the first touch of the touchpad. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868400 Title: Synaptics touchpad stops working Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” source package in Oneiric: Incomplete Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” source package in Oneiric: Confirmed Bug description: Synaptic touchpad stops working, seen on a few different Thinkpads. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.4.1-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Oct 5 13:38:37 2011 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2010-07-25 15:41:02.611860 DistroCodename: oneiric DistroVariant: ubuntu InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100201) MachineType: LENOVO 4294CTO ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=c4c39ed1-eb48-484a-8729-0600466a83a0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2010-07-25 (436 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 05/18/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 8DET46WW (1.16 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 4294CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET46WW(1.16):bd05/18/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4294CTO:pvrThinkPadX220Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn4294CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 4294CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220 Tablet dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/868400/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
