It didn't help. However, I've looked a bit deeper into this and found out that I actually can check whether X receives any events from this combination of keys (Fn+F3). And it does. X not only receives the key press event, but also the key release event (without the changes suggested in the previous post). X even knows what this event is for - it knows that it is a "touchpad toggle" event. However, the touchpad isn't being disabled.
I used xev command for this, and below is the output I get when pressing (and releasing) the Fn+F3 combination. KeyPress event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0x6200001, root 0xbb, subw 0x0, time 208513, (44,123), root:(1230,652), state 0x0, keycode 199 (keysym 0x1008ffa9, XF86TouchpadToggle), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0x6200001, root 0xbb, subw 0x0, time 208677, (44,123), root:(1230,652), state 0x0, keycode 199 (keysym 0x1008ffa9, XF86TouchpadToggle), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False At the moment I'm using the latest version of Kubuntu - 13.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1015496 Title: Disable-touchpad key does not work on Dell Vostro V3450 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1015496/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs