Comment 0 for bug 633125

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

The "Disable touchpad while typing" option in System->Preferences->Mouse launches syndaemon -i 0.5 -k. Unfortunately syndaemon seems to poll every 200ms even when the system is otherwise idle, waking up the CPU and presumably wasting power.

syndaemon has code to use XRecord to avoid polling, but it appears to be compiled without HAVE_XRECORD, even though Xorg appears to provide that extension (judging from xdpyinfo output). It also requires -R to be passed on the command line, although perhaps it would be a reasonable default?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.2.2-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-20.29-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-20-generic i686
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.2:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.3:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.2:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.3:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1440x900
 edid-base64: AP///////wAwrjZAAAAAAAATAQOAHhN46uWVk1ZPkCgoUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBjiygXFKEHjAwIDYAL74QAAAZjiyg/FKEhzAwIDYAL74QAAAZAAAADwCVCjKVCigWCQBMo0JUAAAA/gBMVE4xNDFCVDA5MDAxAPA=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Wed Sep 8 22:22:57 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 17ef:480f Lenovo Integrated Webcam [R5U877]
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: LENOVO 2516CTO
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-20-generic root=UUID=e28411fc-b45a-41f4-a66a-bb52788e2589 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
dmi.bios.date: 06/07/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6IET65WW (1.25 )
dmi.board.name: 2516CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6IET65WW(1.25):bd06/07/2010:svnLENOVO:pn2516CTO:pvrThinkPadT410:rvnLENOVO:rn2516CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2516CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T410
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-20-generic