Comment 59 for bug 637208

Confirmed.

Was just confused with the many mouse entries in the xinfo list. For me entry 13 on my sony vaio laptop solved it. Notably, I have a usb mouse and a builtin touch pad "mouse". Just in case the bug has something to do with a possible conflict.

murat ~ $ xinput --list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Macintosh mouse button emulation id=14 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Microsoft Microsoft IntelliMouse® Optical id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=13 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ PS/2 Mouse id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sony Vaio Keys id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]

murat ~ $ xinput set-int-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 8 0