This package has been removed from the Ubuntu development release, so I
am closing all remaining open bug reports.
Sorry that we couldn't fix your problem properly, but gpointing-device-
settings is dead upstream, buggy and completely unmaintained.
For more information, see https://bugs.debian.or
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mc0e, as previously mentioned, a somewhat more canonical workaround is
using g-s-d's hotplug-command script (see the hotplug-input-device.sh
attachment to this bug). This has the advantage that it works not only
at startup but also after suspend/resume and if the device is
hotplugged.
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It's not nice to have to run dconf-editor that every time you start your
Xsession. Here's a scriptable way to store and recover your settings
that you can wire into a startup script.
Store your current settings:
synclient -l | sed '1d;s/ //g' > ~/.synpadSettings
Recover them:
cat ~/.sy
Zwylicht, thanks for the information, I will definitely use that for
fine-tuning.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Quirks
X.Org settings are easily set with "Quirks", which can be distributed with
Ubuntu. Simply submit a patch and explain the reason. For examples, please see
the files @ /usr/share/ubun
dconf-editor does not allow to change settings like circular scrolling
or locked dragging. But you can create a custom configuration in
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf (german description here:
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Touchpad)
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Workaround for this issue from question at
http://askubuntu.com/questions/64334/gpointing-device-settings-lost-on-
reboot:
In dconf-editor you can edit the settings like this:
Go to org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/touchpad There you can
select e.g. two finger scrolling instead of boarder sc
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Very annoying bug. I even tried to have the values set in gconftool-2 by
a startup script. But they only get active when I change the settings in
gpointing-device-setting Gui itself.
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gpointing-device-settings seems stalled at version 1.5.1 from february
2010 (that's the date of the latest source downloadable from Gnome's
project). Three years without updates seems like a dead project to me.
There's probably a need to create a new pointing device settings app,
pick that project
Is there any movement on getting a fix for this?
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I just made a fresh install of 12.04 from the alternate installer and the issue
is still present.
Piers van der Torren do you have a prebuild .deb where we could download your
fixed version?
PS: The "fixes" from #59 and #67 aren't fixes but workarounds. That's a
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Workarounds #59 and #67 work for me until I suspend / resume.
The canonical solution is to run the xinput commands (or their synclient
equivalents, if you prefer) not at startup but every time the device is
activated. The gsettings key "hotplug-command" in the
"org.gnome.settings-daemon.periph
A fix without using gpointing-device-settings:
First, type "xinput" in terminal. It will list your input devices. You should
see something like this:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2[master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointerid=4[slave pointe
This is still an issue with 12.04.1. I'm suprised it's been over 3 years
now and there's no fix. I've never needed this feature before till I
needed to configure a system to use a trackball instead of a mouse to
enable the middle mouse button emmulation.
The new Ubuntu system config menu doesn't e
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This has suddenly stopped on my system. I've no idea what changed it,
but multiple reboots and it's still retaining the settings. Is this
common to other people?
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This bug is still affecting the soon-to-be-released 12.40 Precise
Pangolin.
I use a Lenovo X201s and have both trackpoint and touchpad. I use
g-p-d-s to disable the touchpad.
Since this option isn't available in the default Mouse and Touchpad
system settings, is there any other gui workaround or
The attachment "savesettings.diff" of this bug report has been
identified as being a patch. The ubuntu-reviewers team has been
subscribed to the bug report so that they can review the patch. In the
event that this is in fact not a patch you can resolve this situation by
removing the tag 'patch' f
and another patch for a related (but small) issue:
Another small bug is that the sliders for scrolling speed (vertical and
horizontal) are the wrong way around, here is a small patch to fix that.
** Patch added: "scrollsliders_direction.diff"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpointin
Half a year ago I submitted some patches for this bug in another bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpointing-device-settings/+bug/697415
Probably that wasn't the right place, since nothing happened with it. So here
it is again, can someone with package maintenance rights apply
You're welcome Ridgeland.
It does work by putting it into start-up applications if you shut down your
computer normaly, but if you close your computer by using suspend (like I do)
it does not load start-up applications again, so we're back to rerunning the
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Thank you Alex Burfee (joop-wow)
I've had this bug since gnome3/unity 11.04. In 12.04 beta 1 there is a new
version of gpointing-device-settings 1.5.1-6 and the bug is still there.
Thanks to Alex I have a fix - I posted it in ubuntuforums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1941067
basicall
Am Samstag, den 07.01.2012, 01:13 + schrieb Tom Gelinas:
> Hiroyuki Ikezoe is probably busy, if you're this impassioned you
> should go upstream to gnome git. This isn't a binary module, fix it
> yourself, pay someone or politely ask a capable person to help. Don't
> whine in an echo chamber.
yes, the settings not restoring after resume from suspend is pretty
annoying. i have the same problem. to work around it i just created a
script that configures all those settings and dragged it's shortcut into
the unity bar so i click on it everytime i want them restored... it's a
silly workaround
Sure, I use gpds to enable scrolling with the trackpoint, but I also use
it to set the touchpad speed. It's waaay too fast by default on natty
(and I think lucid and maverick too) on my Thinkpad W510, and I've
noticed the same on an X120e. What's more, the sliders aren't scaled
properly it seems. I
On 12-01-06 04:50 AM, Fionn wrote:
> So, you basically write here "not using the faulty software doesn't
> cause problems on my end". That, of course, will always be true and is
> - sorry to have to say this - an utterly useless statement. kind
> regards, Fionn
Most people only needed it for Tr
I agree with Fionn. It would be a huge disappointment to see
gpointing-device-settings being either removed from Ubuntu or just not
getting fixed.
Am 06.01.2012 10:50 schrieb "Fionn" <489...@bugs.launchpad.net>:
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On Fri, 06.01.2012, 07:46 + Tom Gelinas wrote :
> > I can confirm the issue on a ThinkPad W510 with Ubuntu 11.10. Please
> –
> > this is annoying as hell and renders the gpointing-device-settings
> > completely useless.
> >
> Under Ubuntu 11.10, I don't think gpointing-device-settings is
> nec
On 12-01-05 07:21 PM, Simon Hirscher wrote:
> I can confirm the issue on a ThinkPad W510 with Ubuntu 11.10. Please –
> this is annoying as hell and renders the gpointing-device-settings
> completely useless.
>
Under Ubuntu 11.10, I don't think gpointing-device-settings is necessary
for simple Trac
I can confirm the issue on a ThinkPad W510 with Ubuntu 11.10. Please –
this is annoying as hell and renders the gpointing-device-settings
completely useless.
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Xubuntu 11.10
Macbook Pro 4,1
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same problem =(
Thinkpad edge 11.
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Same problem at Ubuntu 11.10. Acer Aspire 5740 if it does matter.
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This bug also affects Lubuntu. I have Lubuntu 11.10 installed on the
netbook, but I can't get the settings to "stick" for turning off "tap to
click" and "edge scrolling".
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Me to, in Xubuntu 11.10 Oneiric the settings of gpointing-device-
settings will be forgotten with restart (or standby).
A little workaround, which works fine here, is to add the configuration to
"/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf".
Inside 'Section "InputClass"', you can make vital conf
The current incarnation of this bug is definitely a suspend/resume
problem where the setting for middle mouse button emulation is forgotten
(the checkbox is still checked, but the emulation doesn't work unless it
is unchecked, rechecked, and the settings are saved).
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Also happens in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric in Unity 3D/2D once you restart or
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=> same problem here on ubuntu 11.10 / Gnome Shell : when the screen
turn in energy save mode, middle button of mouse is not emulated
anymore
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I have added two patches to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/gpointing-device-settings/+bug/697415 which seems to be a duplicate -
or actually a part - of this bug. These solve circular scrolling
starting point, scrolling speed, and direction of scrolling speed (slow
- fast reversed).
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This has been happening since Karmic, and affects at least up to Lucid.
This issue *also* occurs with gsynaptics. A manually-configured
/etc/X11/xorg.conf also suffers from this bug.
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Status: New
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I think the problem I was writing about was a suspend/resume problem.
The gconf change fixed that for me. It seems some of us here are talking
about a logout/login problem. The two might be different.
I've now noticed that after login, my touchpad speed setting is way
faster than it should be. The
No its not fixed. I have an issue with touch pad sense. I always choose
it to be more lighter. but it resets on each login
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Martin's fix does not work for my Satellite L555 Ub10.10 64bit.
After setting /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/mouse/active to false, the
problem persists.
If I set /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/pointing-device/active to
false as well, not only are the settings are not persistent aft
I was having what seems to be this problem on my Thinkpad W510 in 64-bit
Maverick. Seems anything I set in gpointing would be lost on
suspend/resume, including trackpoint scrolling, two-finger touchpad
scrolling (care of the new synaptics-dkms multitouch package from the
utouch PPA), and the "faste
Same issue in Maverick 64-bit on a HP Pavilion dv7000-series laptop.
Gpointing-device-settings works just fine, but all settings return to
their original default values after reboot--touchpad is enabled, even if
I disabled it before restarting, circular scrolling is disabled, etc.
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Dell E6400 Users: tried to implement the workaround stated by Tommi, but
with no effect.
However, creating a fdi file in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi that
looks like this has proven consistent over several
suspend/resume/restart cycles:
true
2
4 5
true
You may have to alter the “inf
I can confirm that in 10.10 that suspending and resuming is enough for
this package to forget to continue disabling my trackpad.
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@Michael, the workaround described in #30 has been working more or less
without problems. There's been few occasional cases, in which the
pointer has frozen after resuming from suspend, but this has been fixed
by doing another suspend/resume cycle.
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I also have a similar problem, since upgrading to 10.10 in gpointing-
device-settings not save sensitivity (pressure) setting for synaptics
touchpad (dell inspiron 1501). Now when i touch device, cursor begin
jumping around because is more sensitive. I can show cursor tickness
from my heart pulse!
Regarding the duplicate #508754 I managed to get the scroll wheel
emulation working with Maverick final on Thinkpad T61p over
suspend/resume cycle by creating a file
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-thinkpad.conf with the following content.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Trackpoint Wheel Emulat
I tried the workaround of changing the priority in gconf-editor without
success, I also tried running as root, the application still get a
failure.
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I would like to disable the touchpad when I connect the external mouse
but despite this option, if I select the touchpad is not disabled and if
I close and reopen gpointing-device-setting the settings are not stored.
My os is ubuntu x86-64 10:10 updated daily.
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I also can confirm that wheel emulation is lost on a ThinkPad R500 and a
SL500 between a suspend to RAM and wakeup. After a reboot wheel
emulation is restored again.
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Same problem on a T60 (version 1.5.1-2, mav meer beta).
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I can confirm that the wheel emulation is lost on a Thinkpad T400 after
suspend to ram (standby), but will be restored after a reboot. Version
1.5.1-2 (Ubuntu maveric meercat beta 1).
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I just cloned and installed the latest version of gpointing-device-
settings v1.5.1 from the gnome git repository. However it did not change
any thing in regard to the suspend/resume problem, when i suspend and
resume, scroll is still broken for my thinkpad trackpoint.
However it seems this bug is
I can confirm, I am also using a dell e6400 (alps touchpad/pointing
stick). after suspending to RAM, the wheel emulation is reset.
Rebooting or hibernating also resets the start point for circular
scrolling to the center, though i set it to the 3 o'clock position each
time i reboot. all other set
I use the wheel emulation with the trackpoint on my Dell E6400 +Lucid
configuration. It works fine after reboot or wake up from hibernation.
BUT after resuming from suspend (to RAM) it is somehow disabled and also
it is not possible to set up the wheel emulation again with gpointing-
device-setting
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I have a very similar configuration to jlgoolsbe and yet the gpointing-
device-settings settings are not persistent on my Dell Studio.
TwoFingerScroll is greyed out in the gnome settings, but I can activate
it in gpointing-device-settings and then it works. However, after every
suspend/hibernate/re
Yes that definitely works, un-setting "disable touchpad when typing"
allows gpointing-device-settings to consistently disable the touchpad.
Thanks! This was actually listed on the gpointing-device-settings
mailing list at some point, too.
I've make bug report 577250 for the issue with gpointing br
I had similar problems, where gpointing-device-settings did not seem to stick.
I figured out that in my case the problem was that I set "disable touchpad when
typing" in the default gnome mouse setup tool (Ubuntu 10.04:
System->Preferences->Mouse under the touchpad tab). I guess the problem is t
Also, you say your scroll settings are persistent. I bet this is because
you haven't set anything in gpointing-device-settings that conflicts
with gnome-mouse-properties, ie. you haven't disabled horizontal
scrolling in gpointing, but enabled it in gnome, or something similar.
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jilgoosbee, are you able to use the XF86TouchpadToggle (FN+F8) when
using gpoining-device-settings? Are you able to disable the trackpad in
gpointing-device-settings and have the setting persist?
gpointing-device-settings and gnome-mouse-properties (Gnome's default mouse
preferences app) have 2
I noted this in one of this bug's duplicates, so I'll repost it here:
Not sure what (if anything) I've done differently here, but just wanted
to note that I'm running the 10.04 final release with kernel
2.6.32-22-generic and gpointing-device-settings 1.3.2-2 (as installed
from the default sources)
It seems in lucid the settings get lost after a suspend/resume. But they
work after a reboot. So everytime i wake up from a suspend i need to run
gpointing-device-settings _twice_ and reset the scroll to button 2.
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Sorry, I should clarify: when the touchpad is disabled in gpointing-
device-settings, it re-activates. I don't know if some other input
plugin is asserting itself here...
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Unfortunately, this seems to randomly stop functioning. I haven't found
a consistent reason for this yet.
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I'm using Debian's 1.5.1, but using gconf-editor to set
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/pointing-device/priority to 8 and
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/mouse to 9 has allowed gpointing-
device-settings to have precedence over gnome's default mouse settings
app. Settings are now persistent
Additionally, /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/keybindings has a list of
keybinds (obv.) and XF86TouchpadToggle is only listed there, nowhere
else in gconf. Before installing gpointing-device-settings,
XF86TouchpadToggle would toggle the touchpad and display a notification
using notify-osd. This broken
Has anyone used this on Debian with absolutely no issues?
My understanding is that gpointing-device-settings has a plugin for
gnome settings daemon
Interesting settings can be found with gconf-editor at /apps/gnome/peripherals
. The priority for loading plugins is found at
/apps/gnome_setting
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