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However John, as I interpreted from the bug's description, I thing it isn't a bug. When you disable the touchpad from System>Prefrences>Mouse. This will disable touchpad features like scrolling and tapping however the cursor will continue to work as a simple mouse and cursor will continue to move. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- Touchpad doesn't disable entirely in 9.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/564343 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs