No GUI to adjust touchpad properties for gdm login -> bad UX

[Daniel van Vugt]

Binary package hint: gdm

On systems with very large touchpads (like Apple hardware) the default behavior of "touch to click" is very frustrating when trying to log in. It's very hard to not touch the touchpad when typing, if it's a large one. So typing passwords frequently fails due to accidental touches.

This can be fixed after login using gnome-mouse-properties > Enable mouse clicks with touchpad = OFF
However this setting doesn't get applied until after login, which is too late.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gdm 2.32.1-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 19 16:42:05 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64+mac (20110413)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)