Confirmed this is still a problem on a recent install of Ubuntu 16.10 on an HP Spectre X360 13" with touchscreen.
Syndaemon is running in the background, but it's not working. The trackpad on the Spectre is physically much wider than it needs to be and due to the left-offset to the keyboard your right thumb-palm almost requires it as a rest for typing on the laptop is an exercise in keeping the mouse pointer in the same window as your text, and positioned after the end of what you're typing... So any random press doesn't result in a cursor move. I found if I killed the stock syndaemon, and re-started it with a timeout of 2.0, performance was greatly improved. But I haven't been successful in making that setting stick through a reboot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1295526 Title: "disable touchpad while typing" doesn't work Status in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: "Disable touchpad while typing" checkbox in System Settings does not work on my Asus F5N laptop. The button to disable touchpad does not work as well. As a workaround I use "syndaemon -i 1 -K -d" command as per Ubuntu help page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad/ but it does not fix the issue with the said chechbox and hardware button. I guess it still needs to access shared memory using SHMconfig option in xorg.conf in which case it is the same bug that has been around for 3 years starting from Ubuntu 11.10 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.7.3-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-6.23-generic 3.13.0 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-6-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Mar 21 10:10:18 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu EcryptfsInUse: Yes MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. F5N ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-6-generic root=UUID=f239c25a-4c5d-4e97-a6e7-befdcc142599 ro quiet splash enable_mtrr_cleanup elevator=noop SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/08/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 213 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: F5N dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr213:bd04/08/2008:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnF5N:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnF5N:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: F5N dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140310-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0~rc3-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0~rc3-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Tue Mar 18 22:35:44 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1295526/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
