Yes that definitely works, un-setting "disable touchpad when typing" allows gpointing-device-settings to consistently disable the touchpad. Thanks! This was actually listed on the gpointing-device-settings mailing list at some point, too.
I've make bug report 577250 for the issue with gpointing breaking XF86TouchpadToggle (keyboard button for toggling touchpad). -- Settings of gpointing-device-settings are non-persistent https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/489830 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs