See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportMachinesLaptopsAcer for how I enabled it on my Acer 3630 laptop, or just copy this to /etc/X11/xorg.conf at the right place.
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "TouchPad" Driver "synaptics" Option "AlwaysCore" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "LeftEdge" "1700" Option "RightEdge" "5300" Option "TopEdge" "1700" Option "BottomEdge" "4200" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "MinSpeed" "0.09" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015" Option "SHMConfig" "on" EndSection -- Synaptics Touchpad driver cannot be loaded in xorg https://launchpad.net/bugs/54457 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
