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gnome-settings-daemon package

  1. Bug #1037085
  2. Comment #0

Comment 0 for bug 1037085

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Aapo Rantalainen (aapo-rantalainen) wrote :

Laptop has hardware button for disabling touchpad.
(image showing button: http://images03.olx.ae/ui/3/60/14/61595614_3-ACER-ASPIRE-5738Z-CHEAP-Like-New-Dubai.jpg )

Pressing it will disable touchpad.
 There are visual feedback on screen. No message on dmesg. Led of button will light on.

Pressing it again will NOT enable touchpad.
 There are visual feedback on screen. No message on dmesg. Led of button will light off.

dmidecode -s system-manufacturer
Acer
dmidecode -s system-product-name
Aspire 5738
dmidecode -s system-version
0100

uname -a
Linux 3.2.0-27-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 6 14:25:57 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux