After some additional troubleshooting, I've decided this is reported to
the wrong package. Switching that.
The fix for me here was to set:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method
areas
It appears that libinput defaulted my computer on reinstall of Ubuntu to
the Apple/Mac style 1-2-3 finger alt-clicking. I think that is a great
default *for Apple computers*, but a poor one for devices like this Dell
where the traditional behavior is that of a 'clickpad', i.e., where you
right+click by physically clicking on the bottom right of the touchpad.
My suggested fix would be to detect the appropriate vendor and change
click-method accordingly (Dell/Lenovo/Other->"areas"; Apple->"fingers").
Otherwise, we need to train users what to do, because this is *entirely
unexpected* behavior from anyone who doesn't use a Mac computer.
** Also affects: libinput (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
touchpad right+click not working
Status in libinput package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
- Freshly installed 18.04 (from 16.04, in which everything was working
great). This behavior is consistent across several tested
applications (firefox, ubuntu desktop, terminal).
What I expected to happen:
1. I right click the touchpad, see appropriate response from relevant
application under mouse.
What actually happened:
1. The right click is registered as a primary click, so there was not an
appropriate response.
Notes:
1. The two-finger-tap works fine, and generates the appropriate right+click
response from all tested apps.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.9.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Apr 27 09:02:56 2018
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: bionic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-27 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision 5520
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-20-generic
root=UUID=8c6fa604-8659-4664-ab49-b2428cf656fd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/25/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.7.1
dmi.board.name: 0R6JFH
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.7.1:bd01/25/2018:svnDellInc.:pnPrecision5520:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0R6JFH:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.family: Precision
dmi.product.name: Precision 5520
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.91-2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
2:2.99.917+git20171229-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2
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