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Synaptics Touchpad is not working on ubuntu 12.04

My touchpad wasn't working and I found that code, sudo modprobe -r psmouse && sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps But now, when I close and open touchpad from disable/enable button, the ...
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Better driver for synaptics touchpads

If any of you have a dual-partitioned machine running Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 (or 12.04), you probably know that the touchpad drivers in Ubuntu are pretty terrible compared to Windows. This is ...
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Can't set synaptics “TapButton” options in 12.04 LTS

I have recently upgraded my netbook from Ubuntu 11.04 to 12.04 LTS. Since the upgrade - in fact, possibly since the upgrade to 11.10 - the system no longer registers touchpad taps as mouse clicks ...
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Touchpad tab is missing but ubuntu detects

i have installed ubuntu 12.04 but when i got to mouse settings, touchpad tab is missing. Ubuntu detects it. shahzeb@shahzeb-laptop:~$ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 ...
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touchpad is not working in ubuntu12,04 on acer aspire one netbook(D260)

I installed ubuntu 12.04 os in my netbook acer aspire one(D260) machine. after installation touchpad is not working. i tried xinput -list command. but it is not detected. after read some blog post I ...
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Lenovo Z480 with 12.04 touchpad right click not working

I've spent quite some time working on this and so far I've found some workarounds but no true solution. (I originally included several links for reference, but since I'm new I quickly found out that ...
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touchpad is not working in acer aspiron oneD260

I am using ubuntu 12.04. touch pad is not detecting in my netbook. sometimes it is detected and work properly. I try to find list of input device using xinput command.it will not shows the touch ...
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Touchpad not showing up in xinput list

the touchpad on my Compaq Presario isn't showing up in xinput list, and isn't working. There's no fn button to disable/enable it, although there is a button above it to do that, which says it's ...
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Touchpad palm sensitivity [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to disable touchpad tapping when typing on keyboard? I'm using (K)ubuntu 12.04 LTS with a Synaptics touchpad. The palm sensitivity it terrible, whenever I'm typing ...
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Natural scrolling not working for horizontal scroll, how to fix this?

I've enabled natural scrolling via Ubuntu Tweak's miscellaneous options, but that doesn't seem to take effect for horizontal scroll; neither in web browsers, nor in nautilus or other native ...
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How do I load the synaptics driver on 12.04? (Scrolling does not work)

I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my new Lenovo z580 laptop. The touchpad maker is Synaptics. However Ubuntu is unable to load the Synaptics driver, although the driver has been installed. Due to this, ...
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Synaptics mousepad does not work properly after update

Ever since I updated my system on 11.09. my mousepad hasn't been working properly. xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.6.2-1ubuntu1~precise1 has been replaced by xserver-xorg-input-synaptics ...
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Samsung QX410-j01 Touchpad is not working

I have been using Ubuntu on a Samsung QX410-j01 laptop for ~2 years (mostly v11.04). Yesterday, I upgraded to 11.10 and eventually to 12.04. Now, only the left click on the touchpad works. I cannot ...
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Touchpad in Sony Vaio E14 - cannot click with a finger and drag with another - Ubuntu 12.04

I had the following issues with my Sony Vaio E14115's touchpad on Ubuntu 12.04: Right click not working Vertical scrolling not working Then I followed these steps to fix it: Downloaded a ...
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Cannot right click with synaptics touchpad

I have a Sony VAIO E14. The touchpad detects all clicks as Left clicks. In Windows 7, pressing on the right side of the touchpad is recognised as a right click. How can I enable right clicking? ...
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Why isn't my touchpad behaving like said in synclient?

I use a small skript to get my touchpad doing what it should: synclient LockedDrags=1 PalmDetect=1 PalmMinWidth=200 RightEdge=5340 VertTwoFingerScroll=1 HorizTwoFingerScroll=0 VertEdgeScroll=0 ...
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Are there other gestures for the Synaptics Touchpad besides two-finger scrolling?

I have a Synaptics Touchpad on my Dell XPS 14z and I was wondering if there was any way I could enable some gestures besides two-finger scrolling. Are there any special drivers i need? I've read ...
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Synaptic touchpad right-click not working

I'm having the same problem as in previous Ubuntu versions. The workaround to the problem for 11.10 was to use https://launchpad.net/~sergio91pt/+archive/synaptics+clickpads, but for 12.04 I haven't ...
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Touchpad twitchy on an HP G62 with a SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad [closed]

I experience some problems with my touchpad on Ubuntu 12.04. Everytime I tap/double tap the touchpad the cursor is moving around (not static as should be) (for example if I want to close a window, I ...
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How to Fix Scrolling with Middle Mouse Button on Synaptics Touchpad?

The Middle button on Synaptics touchpad should scroll, but it doesn't in my case. Here is the output of "xinput list" command: Device 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad': Device Enabled (117): 1 ...
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Two-finger scroll not working in some apps

Starting yesterday the two-finger scroll on my laptop seems to be acting up. It works perfectly in almost everything, except gedit and nautilus. I wasn't able to find any reference to this issue, ...
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MacBook Pro Touchpad Optimization 12.04 LTS

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on a MacBook Pro 5.5. I'm just wondering if there is something that takes all the kinks out of the touch-pad. It works good, but it feels sluggish, double tap works about ...