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linux-meta package

iBook G4, on resume from sleep, enables touch-to-click despite my preferences

Bug #37112 reported by Asheesh Laroia
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linux-meta (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned
pbbuttonsd (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Sebastian Dröge

Bug Description

On my iBook G4, pbbuttons is configured to not to have tap-to-click. I think this is the default for Ubuntu Dapper, and I thank you for it; tap-to-click sucks, in my experience.

When I take the computer to sleep and then wake it up, tap-to-click is enabled on the touchpad. That's sad and is distracting while I'm typing.

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sam tygier (samtygier) wrote :

confirmed on a titanium g4 powerbook.

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sam tygier (samtygier) wrote :

i think pbbuttonsd is responsible for these sorts of things

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Closing kernel task, pbbuttonsd is the right package.

Changed in linux-meta:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

confirmed here as well.

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sam tygier (samtygier) wrote :

running
sudo /etc/init.d/pbbuttonsd start
fixes it.

i guess pbbuttons does not survive the sleepwake cycle.

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Ivan Matveich (ivan-matveich) wrote : I confirm this: ibook g4 12"

I had to /etc/init.d/pbbuttonsd restart in my /etc/apm/resume.d/. And for some reason my gnome battery-status indicator says "suspend failed" after I resume. Weird.

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Bryan Forbes (bryanforbes) wrote :

Instead of running /etc/init.d/pbbuttonsd restart, just run pbbcmd reinit. It doesn't solve the problem, but it saves you from having to restart a daemon on resume.

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sam tygier (samtygier) wrote :

i made a /etc/apm/resume.d/50ppbuttonsd script

#!/bin/bash
# work around malone Bug #37112
pbbcmd reinit

could this be put in dapper, which package would it need to be in? pbbuttonsd or apm?

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Sebastian Dröge (slomo) wrote :

IMHO pbbutonsd... I'll test your script and will probably add it to pbbuttonsd later. Thanks :)

Changed in pbbuttonsd:
assignee: nobody → slomo
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Sebastian Dröge (slomo) wrote :

I'll upload the fix for this after flight7 release

Changed in pbbuttonsd:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Sebastian Dröge (slomo) wrote :

should be fixed now with pbbuttonsd 0.7.2-1ubuntu4

Changed in pbbuttonsd:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Darkmatter21 (antimatter-16) wrote :

On iBook 500Mhz G3 Dual USB, running Ubuntu 8.04, I disabled tap to click in xorg.conf by adding Option "MaxTapTime" "0"
Which does work. However after resuming from suspend, tap click become re enabled.
If I run
sudo trackpad notap
in the terminal after resuming from suspend, it does disables the tap to click again, but only until the next time I suspend.

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