Unable to set touchpad Edge Scrolling in Eoan
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
After installing the Eoan Beta on a Dell Latitude E6400 attempting to set touchpad Edge Scrolling was unsuccessful. It actually seemed to work as long as the System Settings window was left open but as soon as the window is closed the Edge Scrolling setting reverts to off.
I did however find that simply installing the package 'xserver-
Steps to reproduce are simple:
(1) Install Ubuntu Eoan on a laptop (could possibly work with a keyboard with an incorporated touchpad).
(2) Open Gnome Control Center (System Settings) and go to Devices > Mouse & Touchpad.
(3) Select Edge Scrolling and you'll notice the "button" turn green. Close System Settings.
(4) Reopen System Settings and you'll see Edge Scrolling has turned off again.
(5) Install 'xserver-
(6) Repeat the above steps and you'll find that setting Edge Scrolling is successful even after closing System Settings. Additionally you'll find that a new Two Finger Scrolling option has been added to the UI.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: gnome-control-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Sep 29 22:15:09 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-09-30 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Beta amd64 (20190926.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.
A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here: iso.qa. ubuntu. com/qatracker/ reports/ bugs/1845898
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