Hi, I just upgraded from 17.04 to 17.10. I m running my ubuntu in Xorg mode. After the upgrade (Dell Laptop with an Alps touchpad) there are no touchpad settings available at all (see attached screenshot). The touchpad would work though, but I could not disable it at all. Pressing the Function-key+F3 would show the on-screen symbol of the disabled touchpad, but it wouldn't disable the touchpad. At the moment I am using a bash script that is utilizing "xinput --disable $device" to enable/disable the touchpad.
** Attachment added: "Screenshot of mouse/touchpad settings page" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/artful/+source/xorg/+bug/1686081/+attachment/5045199/+files/Screenshot_no_touchpad_settings.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1686081 Title: If -synaptics is installed, GNOME Mouse & Touchpad Settings doesn't work Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in xubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in xorg source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in xubuntu-meta source package in Artful: Fix Released Bug description: I'm splitting this issue off from LP: #1685542 (which made xserver- xorg-input-all no longer recommend xserver-xorg-input-synaptics) for tracking the remaining issues. gnome-control-center only supports libinput. If xserver-xorg-input- synaptics is installed (because it's used by some desktops which haven't been ported to libinput yet), synaptics overrides libinput. That makes gnome-control-center's Mouse & Touchpad settings panel only show basic settings and important configurations don't work. Questions --------- 1. Which desktops/apps still need -synaptics? - Unity - Xfce? - LXDE? LXQt? All the other major desktops have already been ported (LP: #1417980) 2. Can these apps be ported or removed before 18.04 LTS is released? 3. Can the desktops be ported and how bad is it if they are not ported and -synaptics is no longer available? 4. If -synaptics can't be removed completely from 18.04 LTS, does it make sense to have gnome-control-center Conflicts: xserver-xorg-input- synaptics? 5. Is there any other way we can fix this conflict? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1686081/+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
