no prefs for touchpad
Bug #499475 reported by
Handaa
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Linux Mint |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Mint 8. On the main menu/preference
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Thank you for reporting a bug in Linux Mint. Unfortunately I do not have the necessary hardware to reproduce your problem. If anyone else can confirm this bug, please say so. Please check out the Linux Mint Forums, where there are many more people available to help out with diagnosing any problems you have. Please repost this in the forums, and put a link to it here, so I can track any further development. It is also exceptionally useful if you include the output of "inxi -F" when reporting hardware problems. You might also like to check out this article: http:// www.chiark. greenend. org.uk/ ~sgtatham/ bugs.html This is a standard response, so it may not be entirely appropriate.
Specifically, the issue is two-fold: /help.ubuntu. com/community/ SynapticsTouchp ad#Troubleshoot ing), which could be for any number of reasons, so would be a separate bug. www.lmgtfy. com/?q= karmic+ touchpad+ preferences - https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/gnome- control- center/ +bug/404638) which may mean the tab has been removed completely, but without the necessary hardware, I can't check this easily, please can you test in Karmic? If the bug is not present in Karmic, then it's a problem with Mint.
1) I know for a fact the touchpad tab does not appear unless Mint has detected a touchpad, so it's possible your touchpad is not being correctly reckognised (see https:/
2) There were upstream changes (http://