Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 (xenial) reached end-of-life in April 2019.
https://ubuntugnome.org/ubuntu-gnome-16-04-lts-is-here/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in. ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1540561 Title: Removing an external mouse with touchpad disabled does not re-enable the touchpad Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in unity-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The past & current in 14.04 behaviour was to always re-enable the touchpad immediately if disabled upon removing an external mouse (- either explicitly or having the mouse break or batteries go bad, ect. Now the touchpad stays disabled, both in current session & after a reboot. This seems to be poor behaviour as the user would need to manually re-enable the touchpad without the use of a mouse or get a working mouse, batteries, ect. to get the mouse back or re-enable the touchpad. Also affects a gnome-session/gnome-control-center. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: unity-control-center 15.04.0+16.04.20160119-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-1.15-generic 4.4.0 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-1-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Feb 1 14:55:19 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-14 (17 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160114) SourcePackage: unity-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1540561/+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
