touchpad surface click erratic, doesn't work

[Slogger]

using xubuntu ibex alpha 6 on an acer aspire one laptop/nettop.

Previously, in Ubuntu 8.04, taping a finger on the touchpad functioned easily and intuitively as a click. Now it usually does not register. This is a major annoyance and possibly a problem with the touchpad settings or driver defaults.

(Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch))
(Release: 8.10)

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

This is a regression in 0.15.2-0ubuntu1 .

It seems related to palms detection. It works correctly if I use the extreme end of my finger, and it fails to detect taping with a larger part of the finger.

[quaker (quaker)]

I have same problem. Taping a finger on touchpad not always working. It's very annoying. Asus A6Jc notebook. Everything was fine using 8.04. Upgraded to Intrepid yesterday.

[William Grant (wgrant)]

Can all affected please tell me if running 'xinput set-int-prop "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Tap Move" 32 200' helps?

[quaker (quaker)]

No change for me, after running this command.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

no change for me either. Here is the output of the command : xinput list-props "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"

btw, I don't know if it's related, but tapping on the upper right corner to simulate a middle click doesn't work anymore.

[Alberto Milone (albertomilone)]

It might be the same as this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271823

I have suggested a patch there.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

The patch submitted in bug 271823 fixes both issues. I'm marking this report as duplicate.

Thanks