Public bug reported: On a Dell 15z with a Cypress touchpad real work is almost impossible because the inevitable palm touch on the pad opens the Unity Dash.
synclient reveals that the palm touch is registered as a 3-point touch, which is consistent with the observation that a clean 3 finger touch does in fact open the dash. Given that it is virtually impossible to avoid brushing the top corners of the touchpad, having the Dash shoved in your face over and over again is a real problem. Using the syndaemon without the "-t" option to disable mouse movement during typing also kills the multi-touch behaviour, but this is not a real fix because the latency in mouse movements it introduces is about as bad as the problem is partially solves. Only partially because if you pause to think during typing you are likely punished with a Dash in your face as you go to resume typing. ** Affects: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1092623 Title: touchpad multipoint touching opens Unity Dash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1092623/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs