Touchpad Terror....

[Tommy Trussell]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I <eoconnor25 at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I have gone with the recommendation and found "Dconf-Tools" and I have
> used the Editor included in the GUI to enable / disable the touchpad after
> rebooting I haven't had this problem anymore! THANK YOU ALL!...Immediately
> after doing this and JUST before rebooting my machine I made sure to check
> for the latest updates, after installing the 7 that were pending, I
> rebooted and my machine has been working flawlessly ever since, I am now
> able to use the touchpad without a glitch or any other issues. My only
> wonder now is if this is a "known" issue with Ubuntu. or just in general
> with laptops, wouldn't it be in the best interests of all involved to have
> a patch, a fix, or just some update that would resolve this?


Unfortunately laptops are difficult, partly because they are all different.
It's possible there is a permanent fix that someone is working on, and the
BEST way to help everyone is to file a bug (or supply helpful diagnostic
information to an existing bug) in Launchpad. http://launchpad.net/ Here is
an example of a longstanding touchpad bug that FOR SOME people was fixed by
an update in May:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/41301


Here is a wiki page showing how to track down a touchpad bug (and be sure
read all the way through, it may already have your bug listed in it!):
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingTouchpadDetection

It takes a bit of effort to learn your exact setup but it sounds like you
could help others with your experience. Thank you for sharing your
experience with the world!
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