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I'd like to disable the touchpad's tap-to-click feature on my Dell Latitude e6510. I'm running 11.04 Natty. X sees the device like so, according to xinput:

$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ImPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint                    id=12   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                         id=3    [master keyboard (2)]

gpointing-device-settings doesn't have a tab about touchpads. Synaptiks (the config utility for Synaptic touchpads) says there isn't a touchpad in the system. I fiddled the value of /desktop/gnome/peripherials/touchpad/tap_to_click with gconf-editor, but that had no effect.

Please give me a clue what to do. For bonus points I'd like to disable the pointing stick in between the keyboard keys, too.

Thanks,

Leif Wickland

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I think this bug is on launchpad bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/760142 – Roddie Apr 24 '11 at 11:41
Thanks, Roddie. I think you're right. – Leif Wickland Apr 26 '11 at 18:20
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What to do with questions that describe known bugs? this has been reported on Launchpad and as such is now closed. – Marco Ceppi♦ Jun 5 '11 at 22:12

closed as off topic by Marco Ceppi♦ Jun 5 '11 at 22:12

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