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Bug 632122 - Check if touchpad is present before running syndaemon
Check if touchpad is present before running syndaemon
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-settings-daemon
Classification: Core
Component: mouse
2.32.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gnome-settings-daemon-maint
gnome-settings-daemon-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-10-14 07:24 UTC by Hernando Torque
Modified: 2010-10-14 16:14 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.31/2.32

Attachments
check if touchpad is present before starting syndaemon (949 bytes, patch)
2010-10-14 07:27 UTC, Hernando Torque 		none Details | Review

Description Hernando Torque 2010-10-14 07:24:58 UTC 
With every start of g-s-d I see this message coming from syndaemon:

Unable to find a synaptics device.

This is because the '/desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/disable_while_typing' key is enabled by default in Ubuntu, and g-s-d doesn't check if a touchpad exists before calling syndaemon.
Comment 1 Hernando Torque 2010-10-14 07:27:10 UTC 
Created attachment 172333 [details] [review]
check if touchpad is present before starting syndaemon
Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2010-10-14 10:44:29 UTC 
Committed with a few changes. In the future, please provide git-formatted patches, it makes it easier for us to maintain authorship.
Comment 3 Hernando Torque 2010-10-14 16:14:11 UTC 
Thanks for the fix and sorry for the patch format (actually I didn't assume that you'll use it - I'm not a coder ;-)).