Bug#523652: Yes, "-s" fixes synclient TouchpadOff

[Bill Brelsford <wb@k2di.net>]

On Fri Apr 17 2009 at 03:14 PM -0400, Bob Hauck wrote:
> If I enable shared memory then "synclient -s TouchpadOff=1" disables
> the touchpad and "synclient -s TouchpadOff=0" enables it again.  If I
> don't give the "-s" option to the synclient command, then the touchpad
> seems to ignore the setting I give it and stays enabled all the time.

The "-s" flag makes it work for me too.  (It's in the synclient
manpage, but needs to be added to the SYNTAX section.)

Thanks..  Bill