Yes that definitely works, un-setting "disable touchpad when typing" allows gpointing-device-settings to consistently disable the touchpad. Thanks! This was actually listed on the gpointing-device-settings mailing list at some point, too.
I've make bug report 577250 for the issue with gpointing breaking XF86TouchpadToggle (keyboard button for toggling touchpad).
Yes that definitely works, un-setting "disable touchpad when typing" allows gpointing- device- settings to consistently disable the touchpad. Thanks! This was actually listed on the gpointing- device- settings mailing list at some point, too.
I've make bug report 577250 for the issue with gpointing breaking XF86TouchpadToggle (keyboard button for toggling touchpad).