Public bug reported: I have a new installation of Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Inspiron 17r Laptop, and the FN+F3 key combination does not work.
Expected: pressing Fn+f3 should disable the touchpad Outcome: Although a transparent pop-up shows up on the top right hand corner notifying user that the touchpad is disabled, the touchpad is still in operation. Older distros had option under mouse/pointer device option disable touch pad when typing, but this is not available with 11.10. Fix: Making it operational Fn+F3, adding an option under mouse/pointing device to disable touchpad when typing, allowing configuration of Fn+F? keys Relates to: ALPS driver, Synaptics, xorg config??? I tried many things to fix this problem: Installing Synoptics, defining custom key combinations... unsuccessful syndaemon -i 0.5 executed just fine. gconftool-2 --set --type boolean /desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad_enabled false ... this did not do anything. TouchPad works just fine, and it is not disabled even when I type (... and my chubby hands keep activating and clicking touchpad when I type). It might be because 11.10 distro does not have "/desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad_enabled" and I don't know where else to find the device. I did reinstalled xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package but it did not help, neither installing xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-dev package helped I saw xserver-xorg-input-synaptics:i386 package, but the synaptic package manager was unable to install (dependencies etc). This might be a clue: when I run $ synclient -l Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded? obviouslly, some driver is loaded, since the trackpad works just fine, except disabling it is a problem (I could not find what command fn+f3 calls), so it is a mystery as for what package is used. system-> preferemces->Mouse and trackpad (via Unity) in 11.10 distro does not even have the option of trackpad configuration. here is the closest I got to the driver info: $ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ ImPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=12 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=13 [slave keyboard (3)] ** Affects: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/900417 Title: fn+f3 does not disable touchpad (Ubuntu 11.10 install on a laptop Dell Ispiron 17R) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/900417/+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