Synaptics Touchpad on HP tm2 - right-click does not work in maverick

[Brian Murray]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

If Launchpad doesn't Oops I'll write a useful description.

My touchpad does not have buttons for right and left click but areas sectioned off for it. In Lucid the right click area would initiate a right-click but this is no longer the case since I have upgraded to Maverick.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.2.2-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.25-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.2:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1280x800
 edid-base64: AP///////wBMo0FNAAAAAAASAQOAGhB4Cof1lFdPjCcnUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBEhsASVAgNjAQMBMABaMQAAAZAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAACOHAmQAAAAA/gBTQU1TVU5HCiAgICAgAAAA/gAxMjFBVDA5LUgwMQogAB4=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Thu Aug 26 15:33:00 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100128)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP TouchSmart tm2 Notebook PC
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=0be32406-6c36-49ca-9b4b-883155e15c24 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
dmi.bios.date: 12/21/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
dmi.bios.version: F.02
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 3662
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 47.16
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU0035Q1Y
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.02:bd12/21/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPTouchSmarttm2NotebookPC:pvr049E100000200800000120000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn3662:rvrKBCVersion47.16:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP TouchSmart tm2 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 049E100000200800000120000
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.35-19-generic

[Andreas Göransson (andgoransson)]

Issuing the following command restores functionality on my HP ProBook 4320s Synaptics Touchpad. I had most functions working in Lucid, however in Maverick only left-click and tap works.

    # echo options psmouse proto=exps > /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.modprobe

Now right-click works, dragging also works fine (didnt work in Maverick - windows were just jumping around since the driver couldn't correctly detect two fingers on the touchpad).

Edge-scrolling however, stopped working after applying the above command.

[Adam (adamjb)]

The above command disables the certain touchpad options such as scrolling. For now I've been using the pen whenever I need to right click so hopefully a fix will be found soon.

Adam (from Ubuntu Vancouver)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

As a workaround I enabled the accessibility option so that "holding down" the left button turns into a right click.