Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
I think there might be a problem in the synaptics driver. I'm using my powerbook G4 on Ubuntu Jaunty with a recent kernel (2.6.30-rc4 ish) and the appletouch driver. I have 'enable mouse clicks with touchpad' disabled in gnome's settings which causes the synaptics driver to do just that. I can't tap to left 2-tap to middle, nor 3-tap to right click. However, if I have the mouse button down, I can still double tap to middle click or triple tap to right click. This issue perks up when selecting text. While dragging, all of a sudden it would paste. I guess I have a big finger or a sensitive pad... During my debugging, I was even *very* careful about having only one finger and the button pressing finger was from the other hand and not near the pad. I was able to narrow it down after much frustration, and I can imagine regular users giving up much easier than I would. This does not happen in a text console using gpm, so I'm fairly confident it's entirely synaptics. --- The Gnome setting for synaptics to disable tap to click is broken. It disables tap, but it does not disable click. I need to manually do: xinput set-int-prop appletouch "Synaptics Click Action" 8 1 0 0 --- >From Peter Hutterer on this issue: - TapButtonX (Tap Action) This is the behaviour that makes the driver spit out a button press when you tap it. IMO 1-3-2 is the sensible behaviour. - ClickFingerX (Click Action) This is the behaviour when you have the left button down and you tap. So ClickFinger1=3 means if you hold the phys. button down and you tap with a single finger, you get a right button press. This should be aligned with tap-button for consistency. You're affected by that because you have only one button - so ClickFinger activates itself automatically for 1-3-2. I don't get this because I have more physical touchpad buttons. --- Peter wrote an updated patch based and pushed it upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578444 This patch should be used instead of the one currently in ubuntu. ** Affects: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- synaptics driver middle clicks on text selection https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371495 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
