Interesting, it seems disable touchpad while typing is broken with synaptics 1.8.0.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Maarten Lankhorst (mlankhorst) ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Milestone: None => ubuntu-14.10 ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1323006 Title: touchpad too sensitive. focus jumps all over document on text input Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: I am a very fast typist. When I type into emacs, gedit, and libreoffice, the focus jumps around when I am typing. I look up and find I have just entered text in a different area. This happens all the time. I have set the touchpad to "disable during text input" and this doesn't seem to work. Perhaps this command is broken. I have a lenovo x230 tablet computer, with touchpad. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.7.4-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.15.0-2.6-lowlatency 3.15.0-rc6 Uname: Linux 3.15.0-2-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun May 25 09:27:11 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: utopic DistroVariant: ubuntu InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-22 (32 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) LightdmGreeterLog: ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1171): WARNING **: Failed to load user image: Failed to open file '/home/susan/.face': No such file or directory g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting. LightdmGreeterLogOld: ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1161): WARNING **: Failed to load user image: Failed to open file '/home/susan/.face': No such file or directory MachineType: LENOVO 3434CTO ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.15.0-2-lowlatency root=UUID=7a4f9c50-a2d1-43cb-865b-dbc9949a4cf7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/25/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: GCET21WW (1.10 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 3434CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGCET21WW(1.10):bd07/25/2012:svnLENOVO:pn3434CTO:pvrThinkPadX230Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn3434CTO:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 3434CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X230 Tablet dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.54-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu5 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Sun May 25 09:20:59 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 728 vendor LGD xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu5 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1323006/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp