Comment 36 for bug 582809

I just updated to xf86-input-synaptics in the latest dev version 1.2.99.1 (before: 1.2.2-1ubuntu4) to no avail. No change, it still works as buggy as described above...

Here's the synaptics bits from Xorg.0.log:

(II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event14)
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.2.99.1
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1472 - 5472
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1408 - 4448
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 0
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left right middle
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: invalid finger width range. defaulting to 0 - 16
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD)
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MinSpeed is now constant deceleration 2.5
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: MaxSpeed is now 1.7
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: AccelFactor is now 0.0
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration profile 1
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
(II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/mouse2)