Public bug reported: I want to disable the touchpad because despite the "Disable touchpad on typing" setting, it still gets in my way.
There is no option in the control panel to do this. When I use the hardware swtich, the indicator shows that it is disabled but it still functions. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: linux-image-3.0.0-12-generic-pae 3.0.0-12.19 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic-pae 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC665 Analog [ALC665 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: istvan 2096 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: istvan 2096 F...m pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0900000 irq 50' Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI' Components : 'HDA:10ec0665,1028046e,00100003 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000' Controls : 27 Simple ctrls : 13 Date: Sun Oct 2 12:17:59 2011 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1742de84-b729-4617-a0f2-7a8f221423ca InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS L501X ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic-pae root=UUID=d8b2fa90-1e14-466b-860c-897efc5c7802 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-12-generic-pae N/A linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-12-generic-pae N/A linux-firmware 1.60 SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: mei UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-01 (1 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/29/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A07 dmi.board.name: 00CKNG dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A07 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A07 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd03/29/2011:svnDellInc.:pnXPSL501X:pvrA07:rvnDellInc.:rn00CKNG:rvrA07:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA07: dmi.product.name: XPS L501X dmi.product.version: A07 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric staging -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/864544 Title: Touchpad can't be completely disabled in Oneiric To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/864544/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs