Hi Kmon, thanks for your reply. I was browsing the available applications in Add/Remove Programs, and I found this package: http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/utils/gsynaptics It's a community maintained utility for changing the Synaptics Touchpad settings. (Although once installed you still need to set a switch in SHMConfig to enable the utility.) This is exactly the kind of software GUI is was thinking of, and it does the job well. I can set the utility to turn the touchpad off, that works perfectly. I can also adjust the touchpad sensitivity, as well as the tapping and scrolling options. Unfortunately, it doesn't turn the touchpad back on if I boot without a mouse. After turning the touchpad off, if I reboot with no mouse, the GSynaptics setting remains and the touchpad is still off. So I've no mouse or touchpad. It's difficult to turn the touchpad back on using GSynaptics because I can't use the touchpad! I'll have to set up a keyboard shortcut for this program, then it'll be a perfect solution using GSynaptics.
-- The Synaptic Touchpad is not disabled automatically when an external mouse is attached. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116919 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
