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acpi-support package

  1. Bug #804109
  2. Comment #71

Comment 71 for bug 804109

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote : Re: can't enable touchpad in Ubuntu (thinkpads)

Nick, what if you run 'gconftool --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad_enabled true', does it work then?

If yes, the issue is that your g-s-d settings have it disabled, and then when you log in and g-s-d starts, it sets "Device Enabled" to "0", but doesn't touch "Synaptics Off". The bug is in g-s-d and it's peculiar way to touch both settings, where 'xinput disable' only touches the other one.