Jeremy, That may be due to the gdk bug mentioned in the gnome-control-center patch. I tried working around it there but probably need to propose a better fix to gdk (which I had started but became too busy to finish). Although I do have an alternative gnome-control-center fix in mind (less elegant) that would avoid the gdk bug better.
Also make sure you're running it on a machine with a touchpad :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1686081 Title: If -synaptics is installed, GNOME Mouse & Touchpad Settings doesn't work Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in xubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in mutter source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in xorg source package in Artful: Invalid Status in xubuntu-meta source package in Artful: Fix Released Bug description: I'm splitting this issue off from LP: #1685542 (which made xserver- xorg-input-all no longer recommend xserver-xorg-input-synaptics) for tracking the remaining issues. gnome-control-center only supports libinput. If xserver-xorg-input- synaptics is installed (because it's used by some desktops which haven't been ported to libinput yet), synaptics overrides libinput. That makes gnome-control-center's Mouse & Touchpad settings panel only show basic settings and important configurations don't work. Questions --------- 1. Which desktops/apps still need -synaptics? - Unity - Xfce? - LXDE? LXQt? All the other major desktops have already been ported (LP: #1417980) 2. Can these apps be ported or removed before 18.04 LTS is released? 3. Can the desktops be ported and how bad is it if they are not ported and -synaptics is no longer available? 4. If -synaptics can't be removed completely from 18.04 LTS, does it make sense to have gnome-control-center Conflicts: xserver-xorg-input- synaptics? 5. Is there any other way we can fix this conflict? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1686081/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
