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[Frédéric Grosshans <frederic.grosshans@xxxxxxxxx>]

The bug still happens from time to time but does not to be related to
external mouse USB plugging. A lighter work-around is reloading the
appletouch kernel module :

sudo rmmod appletouch
sudo modprobe appletouch


** Also affects: mactel-support
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: unity
  
- When I plug an USB mouse to my Macbook 4,1 laptop, the track pad stops
- to work in unity and doesn't work again when the mouse is unplugged. The
- trackpad work again when I log out an logs in again.
+ From time to time, the trackpad of my MacBook 4,1 stops working in a
+ unity session. Unloading and reloading the appletouch module makes the
+ problem disappear.
  
  This only happen during an unity session in  Natty.
  
  This bug did not happen in maverick. If I switch to a terminal window
  using GPM, the trackpad works as expected. The Bug doesn't happen in GDM
  neither, and when I open a guest session, the trackpad only works in the
- guest session but not in the main session !
+ guest session but not in the main session ! An external USB mouse is
+ fully functionnal.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: unity 3.8.10-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
  Date: Tue May  3 12:41:23 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en
-  LANG=fr_FR.utf8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en
+  LANG=fr_FR.utf8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (2 days ago)

** Summary changed:

- Trackpad stops working when an external USB mouse is plugged in
+ Appletouch trackpad sometimes stops working in unity

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/776289

Title:
  Appletouch trackpad sometimes stops working in unity

Status in Mactel Support:
  New
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: unity

  From time to time, the trackpad of my MacBook 4,1 stops working in a
  unity session. Unloading and reloading the appletouch module makes the
  problem disappear.

  This only happen during an unity session in  Natty.

  This bug did not happen in maverick. If I switch to a terminal window
  using GPM, the trackpad works as expected. The Bug doesn't happen in
  GDM neither, and when I open a guest session, the trackpad only works
  in the guest session but not in the main session ! An external USB
  mouse is fully functionnal.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: unity 3.8.10-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
  Date: Tue May  3 12:41:23 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en
   LANG=fr_FR.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (2 days ago)