I know this is an Ubuntu bug but I have had this problem under Gnome 3 in Linux MINT. I have used the 'fix' stated above and it hasn't appeared since (only a few days though).
On 17/12/11 07:27, Martin Pitt wrote: > Karl [2011-12-16 21:28 -0000]: >> I seem to have inadvertently narrowed down the cause of my bug. The >> problem is with Unity, not the synaptic driver. I installed a clean and >> updated copy of 11.10 and still have the same touchpad malfunction with >> Unity. The touchpad malfunction DOES NOT happen under GNOME 3. I've >> logged several hours of touchpad usage with GNOME 3 without incident. >> If I switch back to Unity, it takes only a few minutes for me to lose >> control of the system and end up forcibly restarting from another tty. > Thanks Karl. Under GNOME 3 do you also have two syndaemons running? > > Martin > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 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 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp