Dell Touchpad problem

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1) System > Preference > Keyboard > Layouts
Select "Dell" or if you know you find your dell model still better.

2) sudo vi /usr/bin/touchpad


#!/bin/bash
user=`whoami`
userhome=`getent passwd ${user}|awk -F: '{ print $(NF-1) }'`

cd $userhome

function messageUser()
{
if [ "$(which notify-send)" == "" ]; then
echo "requires... libnotify-bin for messages..."
elif [ "$1" == "on" ]; then
notify-send -t 800 -i ${userhome}/myicon.png "Touchpad enabled" "Profit :)"
elif [ "$1" == "off" ]; then
notify-send -t 800 -i ${userhome}/myicon.png "Touchpad disabled" "Profit :)"
fi
}

touchPadId=$(xinput list | grep -i GlidePoint| awk '{ print $6 }' | cut -d "=" -f 2 | cut -b 1-2)
if [ "$touchPadId" == "" ]; then
echo "Unable to identify device id..."
else
if [ -a ".touchPadOnOff" ]; then
rm -rfv ".touchPadOnOff"
xinput set-prop $touchPadId 127 1
messageUser "on"
else
touch ".touchPadOnOff"
xinput set-prop $touchPadId 127 0
messageUser "off"
fi
fi


3) sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/touchpad

4) System > Preference > Keyboard Shortcuts>
Click Add
Name : <Your wish>
Command: /usr/bin/touchpad

Actions column, under Custom shorcut, find your shortcut by the name.
Click on right side. press "Fn" + "F5" key, or your touchpad toggle key.

You will get the original notification + the custom notification.
To remove/edit custom notification play with messageUser function in the script.

Profit :)