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Enabling wheel emulation on Thinkpad Helix (clickpad)

I'm trying to enable wheel emulation on my Thinkpad Helix. The touchpad is button-less (a click-pad). This is my synaptics configuration: Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "ClickPad" ...
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Synaptics touchpad pressure monitoring? (SHM no longer seems to exists)

I'm thinking of making an application that uses the pressure information from a Synaptics touchpad. It used to be that you could at least monitor this using synclient -m [interval], but from my ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Toshiba touchpad not working

I have a Toshiba Satellite T130-10G laptop and I can't get my touchpad to work in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (I have tried also 12.10 and did not work either). In the same laptop I have Windows 7 installed and ...
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mouse and touchpad has limited settings

I am trying to alter the speed of the pointer when I use a the touchpad. $ xinput list displays: ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST ...
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Lenovo Ideapad P500 - Touchpad Issues

The touchpad on my Lenovo Ideapad P500 only works occasionally, and when it does work it usually stops unexpectedly after a couple minutes of use. When it does occasionally work, xinput -list outputs ...
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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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Dell Inspiron n5110 touchpad stop working after upgrate to 13.04

I've recently upgraded to 13.04 and touchpad partially stop working on my Dell Inspiron n5110. The left and right buttons still working but motions and taps don't. The system does detect my touchpad ...
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HP DV6 ClickPad not working properly

In total, I think wasted 6-8 hours trying to make the ClickPad work properly. Goals: *Get fully recognized by Ubuntu *Two finger scrolling/Side panel scrolling *Change sensitivity (not ...
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Ubuntu completly ignores my xorg.d settings

I've talked about my laptop's touchpad elsewhere... Given its touchpad position and configuration you trigger the secondary and terciary click while typing as they are bound to the Left Top and ...
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How to add a synclient command to rc.local?

If I just put synclient string=value in rc.local it doesn't work. Do I need an echo to someplace or is rc.local not the place to do this?
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My TouchPad is not responding on an Acer Aspire E1-471-6650

I recently bought an Acer Aspire E1-471-6650 and I already have problems. First, when I tried to use the touchpad on a LiveCD, it wasn't responding. When I installed it in my notebook, it wasn't ...
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synaptics multitouch not working 12.04

I have a laptop (Acer 7745G) with a synaptics touchpad that should support up to 3 finger multitouch if I am interpreting the output of grep "TouchPad: buttons" /var/log/Xorg.0.log correctly. The ...
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Synaptics Touchpad becomes unresponsive immediately after login

So, my touchpad works just fine when on login screen, but buttons and touchpad are completely unusable. Here's the kicker: the touchpad is NOT DISABLED. This occurred first after I locked the laptop ...
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HP G72-b50SQ How to On/Off TouchpadUbuntu 12.10

I am currently running Ubuntu 12.10 on a HP laptop G72 series (click here for more information about the machine). The problem that I have is with the touchpad because I can not turn it Off nor On. ...
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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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3 finger multitouch - Lenovo E530

i have started to try out some more from Ubuntu as dualboot on my laptop (Lenovo E530 with 640M). In Windows my touchpads gestures are working with three fingers to emulate back and forward (in a ...
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How can I get the Touchpad menu to show on HP DV7?

I've done a clean install of 12.10 on an HP DV7. According to xinput I do have a PS/2 Synaptics Touchpad. It shows PS/2 Synaptics Touchpad at ID=11 and Virtual core XTEST pointer listed above it at ...
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Where to find synaptics mouspad gesture installation packages

I stumbled upon following web page and was immediately interested in the mousepad gesture possibilities. However I can't find any installation package (not in the software center, nor in synaptic). ...
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synaptics: No touchpad found

No touchpad found No touchpad was found in this system. If the system has a touchpad, please make sure that the synaptics driver is properly installed and configured. If your touchpad is not ...
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Ubuntu isn't loading xorg.conf

I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 on my MacBook Pro, and I've been using synclient to get the trackpad settings how I want them. I created an xorg.conf in /etc/X11 to make the settings permanent: Section ...
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Touchpad Toggle script at Startup?

I just got a new Notebook, Acer M3-481. I installed Ubuntu 12.10 My touch-pad is turned off on default whenever I start Ubuntu. It is turned when I Press Fn+Alt+F7, and this works fine. I would ...
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How do I fix dead Synaptics ClickPad on Ubuntu 12.10 + Toshiba P850

I've recently purchased a Toshiba Laptop having Windows 8 installed. After successfully dual booting in this EFI madness Win8/Ubuntu 12.10 I am at a loss as to how to enable the touch pad in Ubuntu ...
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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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Thinkpad touchpad behaves erratically after using synclient

I am on a fresh 12.10 install on a brand-new Lenovo Thinkpad X121e. The touchpad was already quite bad just after the installation, but now it is just too erratic to use... Trying to move the mouse ...
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Synaptics touchpad moves a few dots when tapping

Normal mouse movement is fine but when I try to tap the touchpad the pointer often moves away a few dots. Which is kind of annoying, because sometimes the cursor ends up where its not supposed to be. ...
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Touchpad: how can I keep my palms touching the top corners from registering as a two-finger scroll?

I have a 2011 Macbook Pro, and when I'm typing my palms cover the upper corners of the touchpad, and frequently touch at the same time. It seems palm detection isn't working, or possibly a small ...
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Touchpad cursor inertia

When using my synaptics touchpad on Windows, the driver has the option of giving the cursor inertia (note, not just the scrolling). I found it a lot less straining to use the touchpad with this ...
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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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Clickpad trouble - pointer moves and releasing the click accepts selection

The clickpad on my Macbook seems too sensitive under Ubuntu. This really becomes an issue when I'm trying to right click. The behavior I'm seeing is that when I click with 2 fingers (physical click, ...
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Synaptics Touchpad : solving 2 finger problem triggered by resting palm

My laptop is: "Lenovo G580" and it comes with a very sensitive touchpad. Specially, when I place my hands comfortably to type, it "thinks" I'm touching the top-left corner. This becomes really ...
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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 settings not available acer aspire V3-771G

I have a brand new laptop, with xubuntu and i can't find the touchpad settings. In the mouse settings menu, there's only a mouse tab and i can't set the side scroll or disable touchpad when typing. ...
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Touchpad not detected on ThinkPad E530

I have ubuntu 12.10 on ThinkPad Edge E530. I guess it has Synaptics touchpad, but it's not detected at all. Tried xinput: ~$ xinput ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master ...
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Importing synaptics settings

I've got a Samsung Series 5 Chromebook which I've installed Ubuntu on. In Chrome OS the clickpad is working great but in ubuntu it hasn't got the same settings so I'm having problems with selcting ...
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Synaptics Touchpad v7.4 cannot move while pressing a key?

My Synaptics Touchpad v7.4 won't move when I'm using my arrow keys. Everywhere I've looked on the internet is telling me to go to Device Pointer Properties > Settings > Pointing > Sensitivity > Palm ...
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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 is recognized but not working on Toshiba P855-S5312 - Ubuntu 12.10

i just made a new fresh install of ubuntu 12.10, everything works nice but the touchpad istn working, it is recognized but it is not working, here a paste bin of what i get when I type "xinput list". ...
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There is no two finger scroll option in my “Mouse and Touchpad” settings

I've been scouring forums over the interwebs for several months now and I can't seem to find anyone with my problem. I simply do not have the option for "two-finger scrolling" available in my "Mouse ...
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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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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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help with synclient configuration on an Elantech touchpad

I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my brand new ASUS K55V. The touchpad behaves weird - two finger tap is interpreted as right-click, click and drag is not working (a double click is needed) ...
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Touchpad Havoc: Extra Clicks, Single Clicks Held Too Long, Touchpad Registers Right-Clicks

For some time -- a few versions, going back to at least 10.04 -- I've had some maddening issues with my synaptics touchpad. At seeming random moments, but most definitely after coming out of a blank ...
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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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Syanptics Touchpad Won't Re-enable

I disabled my Synaptics touchpad while a key on my keyboard and now I can't get it to work again. When I press that key again it says the touchpad turns back on but will not work at all. Rebooting ...
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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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Gnome touchpad control vs. synaptics

There are several settings (speed, sensitivity, acceleration, tap-to-click) that seem to be independently managed between the built-in gnome Mouse and Touchpad configuration tool and synclient ...
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How do disable tap-to-click while typing?

Running Kubuntu 12.4 on a Thinkpad 410S. I'm hoping to disable the tap-to-click mechanisms while I am typing, similar to what I can do in windows. So far I have only been able to figure out how to: ...
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How can I enable two-finger scrolling in Ubuntu 12.04?

I need help with getting two-finger scrolling to work in Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit. It used to work in previous Ubuntu versions, so I know it can be done. However the option to enable two-finger scrolling ...

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