touchpad TAPPING, scrolling, dragging don't work (as expected)

[Vish]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

hi,
1]i'm using UBUNTU 8.04[]description: Ubuntu 8.04.1], and dual booting with windows XP

2]gsynaptics version> 0.9.12-0ubuntu2
mousetweaks> 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
---------------MAJOR PROBLEM
3]
a] sensitivity of the touchpad when using click for tapping is very low [when i boot into XP i have set sensitivity to 70% and just use light taps for clicking]

4]
a]have to tap very hard to use tap clicking [fingers pain after few hours of use]

------------- secondary issues
3]
b]scrolling areas in the sides of the touchpad are lager, they lead to accidental scrolling when i'm just trying to move the mouse
c]while dragging objects even though i have set the threshold to max, the object releases ,object doesnt lock on till its released>i.e: click lock doesnt work properly

4]
b]instead of moving the mouse , page scrolling occurs
c]object releases at the slightest release the touchpad

have attached the 7 files listed in the touchpad debuging page as a single .tar file

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 19 10:04:43 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: yelp 2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[Vish (vish)]

similar problem has been reported in a : toshiba a-200 laptop.
in the ubuntu forums, i'll request that user to also add his info to this page...

[Vish (vish)]

nope, still is a bug...
the tap sensitivity varies from system to firefox[needs more pressure] even after changing settings using man synaptics and xorg.conf...

[Vish (vish)]

i think its still a bug since through gsynaptics it cannot be controlled properly...
has to be controlled through using man synaptics and xorg!
so the gsynaptics software is still not taking full controll of the touchpad properties and functions

[Vish (vish)]

if u want to check the xorg.conf changes i'v made :
this is the link to the post on ubuntu forums:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5720757&postcount=11

[Ronan Jouchet (ronj)]

I second the fact that the default tap sensitivity should be higher. On my Dell laptop (using Synaptics touchpad), it's almost impossible to click with a tap. You need to try several times before inputting successfully a click.

[Vish (vish)]

i think there is a deeper problem... the tap sensitivity varies with apps!!!!

when considering 8.10 i think that they should FIRST think of perfecting the input devices...pls improve the touchpad functionality...

or can we request Synaptics to release driver for linux?

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Well, you should probably try 8.10 alpha6 then?

[Vish (vish)]

well since 8.04 is an LTS version... i think it should be fully stable too and have a fix for this problem

[William Grant (wgrant)]

Please test this in Ubuntu 8.10.

[Vish (vish)]

i tried 8.10... seems to be better .... but this has led to other problems !!! http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6080071#post6080071

[Vish (vish)]

hei ? where is the fix?

[William Grant (wgrant)]

You said it was fixed.

[Vish (vish)]

no i did not!!!
it is better in UBUNTU 8.10... but the 8.04 LTS VERSION is still problematic... LTS version need to be fixed

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

Hardy has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the Hardy task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".