You can get to the "Pointing Devices" config programme without a mouse by using the command "gpointing-device-settings".
I have a related, but apparently separate issue (bug #783641) as hitting the disable touchpad button twice won't restart my pointer. However, it seems that this button issues something like the following to your hardware: #! /bin/sh xinput --set-prop "SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad" "Synaptics Off" 0 xinput --set-prop "SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad" "Synaptics Off" 1 As a workaround, resetting the touchpad should be quicker if you dump the code above into a shell script file, substituting "SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad" for whatever the name of your device is (try xinput --list to find out what it's called) Hope that helps, Tom -- 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/782143 Title: touch pad mouse is standard locked right after login _______________________________________________ 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
