Turns out that removing "Pointing devices" solved the problem and re- installing it caused the problem again so re-assigning to gpointing- device-settings
** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) => gpointing- device-settings (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gpointing-device-settings (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/758633 Title: Pointing devices disabled at start of session -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs