Touchpad doesn't disable entirely in 9.10

[John Spencer]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

Fresh install of 9.10 on a Dell E6400. This laptop has both a touchpad and a pointer.

I've disabled the touchpad using system->preferences->touchpad and as expected the touchpad does nothing. The pointer continues to work, which is what I wanted.

However, if I'm using the Pointer and knock or touch the touchpad, the mouse goes crazy. This doesn't happen when using an external mouse.

Thanks

John

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 16 11:41:01 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6400
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.1.2-1ubuntu7
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=d63679f6-a278-4515-8139-e8a684d9cc23 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2.1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 12/21/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A20
dmi.board.name: 0X574R
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA20:bd12/21/2009:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6400:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0X574R:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude E6400
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic

[Gursimran singh (simar)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. If you could test the current Ubuntu stable release(maverick ubuntu 10.10), this would help us a lot.

However John, as I interpreted from the bug's description, I thing it isn't a bug. When you disable the touchpad from System>Prefrences>Mouse. This will disable touchpad features like scrolling and tapping however the cursor will continue to work as a simple mouse and cursor will continue to move.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.