no touchpad settings app installed by default on machine with touchpad

[deutrino]

No touchpad settings app is installed by default on a machine with a touchpad (in this case a 2008 Macbook with Lubuntu 16.04 64-bit). The default settings are intolerable and I have to search all over the web to figure out how to fix them. This will make the distro unusable to a user who isn't well-versed with Linux.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: lubuntu-desktop 0.65.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Sat Jul 30 12:53:56 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
SourcePackage: lubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Lyn Perrine (walterorlin)]

I have one more question about this bug are you asking for a graphical application to adjust touchpad settings to be included by default to make it easier for new users? On lubuntu for touchpad settings I know only the default command line synclient is installed.

[deutrino (deutrino)]

Yes please. Maybe gpointing-device-settings or something similar, a front end for synclient.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:
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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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