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[higuita <higuita@xxxxxxx>]

i think this bug is a dupe of bug #868400 (or the other way around)

the problem is that synaptic and gnome both disable the touchpad and go
out of sync (ie: when one enables the touchpad, the other disables it)

the keyboard issues might be a different bug, probably a apps stealing
focous. either way, most people where are describing is the #868400 bug.
that bug have a workaround (ie: disable the gnome "disable touchpad"
keybinding)

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Title:
  HP touchpad-disable switch damages mouse and focus capability

Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Fedora:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: xorg

  There's a chance this is more of a kernel bug than an xorg bug.  I'm
  not sure.

  My HP Pavilion dv5t has a touchpad-disable button that's sometimes
  necessary when typing at a long stretch and you don't want to
  accidentally center-click in the window.

  I disabled the touchpad and was not able to make it come back.  The
  little light goes from orange to white, which is an indication that
  the hardware thinks it's re-enabled.

  The problem can manifest in a few different ways.

  Sometimes the cursor moves but cannot click or focus anything.
  Sometimes the cursor simply will no longer react.
  Sometimes restarting GDM does not solve the problem.

  This last time, I even fully rebooted and was unable to get the mouse
  back.  I was lucky that a little fiddling with the disable switch and
  restarting GDM again made it come back.

  I'm inclined to think this kernel output is involved:

  Mar 24 15:50:06 localhost kernel: [  786.963086] psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 4 bytes away.
  Mar 24 15:50:06 localhost kernel: [  787.476687] psmouse.c: resync failed, issuing reconnect request

  ...but it looks like it's happened in my logs at times when this
  effect was not seen.  I believe the rest of my dmesg output is
  attached, so maybe there's something else in there that's
  enlightening.

  Let me know if you need any more info from me.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Mar 24 15:56:28 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
  Package: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+3ubuntu1
  ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=650bb976-0265-4231-9b83-2aecd789085f ro quiet splash  crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M
  ProcEnviron:
   LC_COLLATE=C
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic x86_64
  dmi.bios.date: 08/20/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.bios.version: F.21
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: 3603
  dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
  dmi.board.version: 02.26
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.21:bd08/20/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv5NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn3603:rvr02.26:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC
  dmi.product.version: Rev 1
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  system:
   distro:             Ubuntu
   codename:           lucid
   architecture:       x86_64
   kernel:             2.6.32-17-generic

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