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[ubuntu] Using Touchpad-Indicator

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hello all. I am using Touchpad-Indicator to disable the touchpad when an external USB mouse is plugged in and it works fine for that. But when the external mouse is not plugged in, I occasionally navigate (mainly in Dolphin which ignores my back/forward buttons of the mouse) with the keyboard, ie alt+left/up, etc and that makes the Touchpad-Indicator to disable the touchpad and the only way to get it back is logging off and on again. Is there any way to fix that? Thank you. Yoram (Hardware)

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