I'm seeing this occurring in random fashion as well. This seems to occur after fresh install. Work around is to open a terminal, and type: gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.mouse active false Then close your session with: gnome-session-quit
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu Oneiric) Importance: High Status: Confirmed ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu Oneiric) Milestone: None => oneiric-updates ** Also affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Oneiric) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Oneiric) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Oneiric) Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Oneiric) Milestone: None => oneiric-updates -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868400 Title: Synaptics touchpad stops working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/868400/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs