I can confirm this happening on an HP DV5 1132la when pressing the touchpad enabla/disable button.
"gconftool --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad_enabled true" does not work in Ubuntu 10.10 final!!! HELP!! -- HP touchpad-disable switch damages mouse and focus capability https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546503 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs