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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 404638 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404638

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Disable touchpad while typing option causes disabled touchpad to be
  re-enabled

Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

  In Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) the "Disable touchpad while typing"
  option causes an otherwise disabled touchpad to be re-enabled after
  typing ceases.

  The expected behaviour is that a disabled touchpad stays disabled
  until it is explicitly re-enabled.

  To reproduce:

  1. Enable the "Disable touchpad while typing" option in "Properties ->
  Mouse -> Touchpad".

  2. Disable the touchpad via the ACPI hotkey (Fn-F8 on my ThinkPad); or

       xinput set-int-prop "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Off"
  8 1

  3. Type.

  4. Stop typing: the touchpad has been enabled again.

  Disabling the "Disable touchpad while typing" option stops the
  touchpad from being re-enabled.  This is a workaround.

  Another workaround is to completely disable the device by doing
  something like:

    xinput set-int-prop "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Device Enabled" 8
  0

  This seems to stop the above option in its tracks.

  The real fix would seem to be to have the "Disable touchpad while
  typing" option respect the "Synaptics Off" setting.

  The bug is in gnome-mouse-properties from:

    gnome-control-center:
      Installed: 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu1

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