XFCE touchpad settings have no effect on touchpad behaviour

[Norman Rieß]

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu

Description: Ubuntu 22.10
Release: 22.10

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center

xfce4-settings:
  Installiert: 4.16.2-1ubuntu2
  Installationskandidat: 4.16.2-1ubuntu2
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 4.16.2-1ubuntu2 500
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What you expected to happen

Settings like acceleration, scrolling direction etc. should actually have an effect on the behaviour of the touchpad.

4) What happened instead

Settings do not have any effect whatsoever. These settings are saved in the GUI, sliders can be moved and after closing and opening the settings application, the previously chosen values are shown, but touchpad behaviour stays always the same.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: xfce4-settings 4.16.2-1ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 6.0.9-060009-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Dec 28 13:04:28 2022
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/xfce4-mouse-settings
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-12-15 (12 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221018)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE
 PATH=(custom, user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xfce4-settings
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Norman Rieß (weuxel)]

Removing synaptics driver fixes the issue (libinput is used).