disabled touchpad active after suspend/resume

[Christian Demmer]

Hi,
on my Thinkpad x121e I installed Xubuntu 12.04 and disabled the touchpad via Settings -> Settings Manager -> Mouse and Touchpad (xfce4-mouse-settings) only the trackpoint is in use.

Whenever I suspend the system the touchpad is active after resume and I cannot disable it again through the above tool.

The behaviour is reproducable with very suspend/resume, after a reboot the system behaves correctly again meaning the touchpad is disabled again until the next suspend/resume action.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xfce4-settings 4.8.3-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 30 16:12:16 2012
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
SourcePackage: xfce4-settings
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[TinusXcentricus (t-no)]

Same bug here in Xubuntu on Sony Vaio VPCF22L1E.
After awakening from suspend, the touchpad enables itself again. After this had happened it is not possible to disable the touchpad again in settings. This is very annoying, since it is hardly possible to use the keyboard without disturbing what you're doing accidently with the touchpad...

In terminal/script it is still possible:

$ xinput list
...
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
...
$ xinput set-prop 12 "Device Enabled" 0

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Adam Orwell (anopenid6045)]

I'm experiencing this bug using XFCE 4.8 with Ubuntu 12.04, on a Thinkpad T61 (model 8897cto).

After hibernate/suspend, previously disabled touchpad is enabled.

It is possible to disable the touchpad using the 'Mouse and Touchpad' settings dialog, but there is a trick: you have to uncheck "Enable this device", then re-check it, then un-check it again.

[Christian Demmer (cdemmer)]

Hi,
with all updates installed available until today the bug is still the same and I can confirm Adam Orwell's workaround ... at least it is now possible to disable it again after resume. However I have to choose trackpoint first, go back to touchpad and disable/enable/disable and finally it is really disabled and only the trackpoint is working.

[Steven Noonan (steven-valvesoftware)]

Just installed Xubuntu 12.04.1 yesterday and hit this issue. What action is needed to drive this ticket to resolution?

[Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding)]

Please let us know if this issue still affects any current Xubuntu releases, and we will reopen this report.