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I'd like to disable my touchpad while typing, per instructions on https://help.ubuntu.com/11.10/ubuntu-help/mouse-disabletouchpad.html



Sadly, my 11.10 installation does not have any other tab than 'mouse' in 'System Settings' -> 'Mouse and Touchpad'



From what I can tell, the touchpad is detected (and functioning) properly:



guus@laptop-guus:~$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ImPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=13 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Dell Dell USB Mouse id=15 [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)]
↳ Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_FHD id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]


Can anyone suggest how to enable the 'disable while typing' feature?


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Your touchpad is not being detected as a touchpd, it is being detected as a mouse. That's why you can use the touchpad but you see no tab to configure it.



It is a known bug and is reported here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/760142



You can see the same talk in UbuntuForums http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1833606



I used to have the same problem with an Elantech touchpad but It was solved in the previous kernel update. If you are lucky, in two or tree months it will be solved in a update (or not!)



Meanwhile you can read the bug report to see if there is a fix, or something you can try.


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