Apparently this is not really a bug, but is actually a "feature" of Synaptics Touchpad. Its meant to prevent the mouse from accidentally being moved while typing. Luckily this annoying behavior can be turned off in Gnome by going:
System > Preferences > Mouse > Touchpad > (Uncheck: "Disable touchpad while typing.") -- mouse freezes while key pressed after karmic upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467992 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
