click by tap stops working after loging in

[stardust85]

I upgraded to Karmic alpha3 from Jaunty and after logging into gnome, touchpad still works but doesn't support clicking by tapping. In XFCE4 on the same system it works OK. System -> About GNOME tells me:

version of gnome: 2.27.4
compilation date: 15.7.2009

See also bugs #405966 and #405870

[stardust85 (m-samia)]

this bug in gnome bugzilla seems to be duplicate of our bug http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576705

[stardust85 (m-samia)]

I have a workaround :)

1. run gconf-editor
2. on the left open desktop -> gnome -> peripherals -> touchpad
3. on the right, mark the box tap_to_click
4. enjoy the tapping

But why this in unchecked by default???

In System -> Options -> Mouse on the tab Touchpad I have enabled click by tap

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

Thanks, It works great !

It's maybe a bug in gnome-mouse-properties (a translated problem ?).

[stardust85 (m-samia)]

see this bug report (especially the comment - ubuntu developers, please always send your patches to upstream!) http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578444

and this patch fixing it http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-settings-daemon/commit/?id=4eb9bd09219afbb56f114a2d10bc585e24db803e

[stardust85 (m-samia)]

I don't have gpointing-device-settings installed as it is optional package. For more info see comment #4

[stardust85 (m-samia)]

hehe it seems to be fixed in new version of gnome-settings-daemon. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/404219

Can somebody test is and confirm that it works? (aptitude install gnome-settings-daemon)