Same problem after apt update && apt upgrade. Ubuntu 16.04.2 Unity, synclient -V outputs 1.8.3. Running touchegg in the foreground doesn't show any signs of life with any gesture.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1684336 Title: Elantech touchpad regression after upgrade: three four fingers not recognized Status in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After I upgraded to ubuntu 17.04, touchegg (a program that translates multitouch touchpad gestures to actions) will not recognize three and four finger multitouch gestures from my elantech touchpad. I think this is related to the upgrade of xserver-xorg-input-synaptics to version 1.9.0-1ubuntu1. Touchpad Elantech ID ETD0108 $ cat /proc/bus/input/devices I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=000e Version=0000 N: Name="ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" P: Phys=isa0060/serio4/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input13 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse0 event6 B: PROP=5 B: EV=b B: KEY=e420 10000 0 0 0 0 B: ABS=661800011000003 Computer Asus TP500L Ubuntu 17.04 xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.9.0-1ubuntu1 What I expected: touchegg multitouch three and four fingers scroll/swipe to work as before the upgrade What happened: Three and four fingers are not recognized. Nothing happens (no errors). --- ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-25 (725 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.9.0-1ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8 Tags: zesty Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-20 (0 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True --- ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-25 (725 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.9.0-1ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8 Tags: zesty Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-20 (0 days ago) UserGroups: _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1684336/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
