This bug was not solved, by closing it you imply there was no bug in the first place, but people disagree to that. I for one report the bug is there, .5 seconds is a too short delay and there is no way to change it. Meanwhile a patch was also released, see:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1490239 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409086 Title: Disable touchpad while typing: make time configurable via gconf-key Status in Gnome Settings Daemon: Fix Released Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon When the option disable-while-typing is enabled, you currently have to wait 0.5 seconds after the last key press before the touchpad gets enabled. In my opinion that's an user preference that should be configurable at least via gconf-editor. gnome-settings-daemon 2.27.5-0ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/409086/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp