Three fingered tap kills apple touchpad input

[Michael Foord]

I have the apple magic trackpad paired with my Ubuntu 14.04 desktop. It works fine until a 3 fingered tap (usually accidental), when it stops responding to input at all. After several minutes it starts functioning again, usually quicker if I execute "sudo hciconfig hci0 reset".

The problem is also described here (by someone else):

http://superuser.com/questions/724282/apple-magic-trackpad-is-working-great-then-randomly-stops-until-hciconfig-reset

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity 7.2.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-39.66-generic 3.13.11.8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Nov 14 15:40:04 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-14 (245 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140314)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

Is this still a problem?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for unity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for Unity because there has been no activity for 60 days.]