Button assigned to LBCornerButton gets triggered in the middle of the right side of the pad

[Rowan]

Binary package hint: xfree86-driver-synaptics

The touchpad will randomly register a button event in the middle of the right side of the pad. In each case, the button event corresponds to the value assigned to LBCornerButton. I have confirmed this with xev.

In my case, I assign 8 to this button, which Firefox interprets as the Back navigation button. It also affects Nautilus for me as I have xbindkeys set to send \[Alt_L]\[Left].

I am using version 0.99.3-2ubuntu4 (jaunty) on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Beta.

In the meantime, I intend to downgrade synaptics to 0.15.2 as a workaround.

UPDATED - 9:42pm 04.16.09: Downgrading to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics_0.15.2-0ubuntu8_i386 did fix the issue.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 0.99.3-2ubuntu4
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-11-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 8 04:38:53 UTC 2009
SourcePackage: xfree86-driver-synaptics
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
     Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0110]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
     Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0110]

[Rowan (rowancorbett)]

Now that HAL is deprecated in Ubuntu 10.4, it seems that downgrading the driver to 0.15.2 just breaks it completely. So no more workaround, and the bug persists in the latest version of the driver. Any chance of movement on this, it's been a year now.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

This bug report was filed against an old version of Ubuntu.
Can you confirm whether this is still an issue in natty?

If you don't mind, it would be very helpful if you could update the bug
report in launchpad to 'Fix Released' if it is no longer an issue for
you, or if it is still occurring under natty, please tag the bug 'natty'
so it's easier for us to track.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.