no, me being stupid sorry. I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg with my usb mouse plugged in and it selected that as the core pointer. The gnome-mouse-settings program seems to only apply to the core pointer. Suspend/resume thing was a red herring I guess.
** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- synaptics touch pad speed reset after resume from suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/110578 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs