Having the same problem with 14.10 just upgraded from 14.04, probably had the same problem in 14.04 but never tried to adjust it
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/865791 Title: Pointer Speed settings have no effect on touchpad Status in GNOME Control Center: Invalid Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: While the speed setting directly under 'Mouse' will works with usb mice, the settings under Touchpad have no effect on touchpad speed & or sensitivity Fairly common touchpad here on dell laptop $ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Laptop Integrated Webcam id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=12 [slave keyboard (3)] ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.10-generic 2.6.39 Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Oct 3 19:28:34 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20111002) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: deja-dup 20.0-0ubuntu3 indicator-datetime 0.3.0-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/865791/+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