Unfortunately this bug is still present in precise which is not that surprising though. As someone pointed out in the upstream bug, there are patches floating around but it seems nothing got into any release yet. As I'm quite short on time atm I can't really look for these patches and try to make a test package myself :\
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged -- 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/795920 Title: Can't disable touchpad To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/795920/+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