My 2 pennyworth: Wishing to extend the time syndaemon disables the touchpad, I configured a 'startup application' consisting of "syndaemon -i 2 -d -K -t ". The option to 'disable the mouse when typing' (in the mouse settings) was still checked, and as soon as I started typing, the cursor froze. System monitor showed 2 instances of syndaemon running, which seems to have been the issue. Fixed it by unchecking the 'mouse setting option', leaving my startup command to do the job alone. Seems OK so far.
Does ANYONE know where the default settings for syndaemon can be changed, avoiding this workaround? I cannot find them anywhere! PS Possibly relevant is that the cursor (using a touchpad) froze both times I started Oneiric for the first time after a clean install. A USB mouse worked fine, and the problem went away on second start up each time. -- 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 : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
