You're not alone - same problem on Asus eeePC 1000
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From: <email address hidden> [<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of hp_user [<email address hidden>]
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 8:29 PM
To: Daniel Tatum (924187871)
Subject: [Bug 432814] Re: Action for middle and right click is reversed since   jaunty

@Photon,

The Startup Applications synclient fix doesn't appear to survive on
resume from sleep (at least on a Macbook Pro).

Argh.

Also, it appears that you can put both fixes in one command:

synclient TapButton2=2 TapButton3=3

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Action for middle and right click is reversed since jaunty
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432814
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Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

LSB version = karmic
Package version = 1.1.2-1ubuntu5

Expected behaviour:
Tap the touchpad with 2 fingers simultaneously to generate middle-click event. Tap with 3 fingers for right-click event.

Observed behaviour:
A 2-finger tap generates a right-click event and a 3-finger tap generates a middle-click event.


Looking at the changelog for 1.1.2-1ubuntu1 I see this:
"105_correct_multifinger_click.patch: Swap the right/middle clicks generated by multi-finger tapping."
This patch is then reverted in 1.1.2-1ubuntu2:
"105_correct_multifinger_click.patch: Drop patch as it breaks the expected behavior for multitouch clicking (LP: #320585)."

However, I still experience the behaviour introduced in -1ubuntu1. Hopefully I can help get the expected behaviour back in time for karmic's release.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: d90fdc639d79341a7dfe13ba74210bc8
CheckboxSystem: 018dd987ae1f42580fa9d31146e40261
Date: Sat Sep 19 00:29:42 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Packard Bell BV EasyNote MB85
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.1.2-1ubuntu5
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-10-generic root=UUID=25b243bb-087e-436e-81ca-bee20d03157b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
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 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
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 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090825.fc74e119-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 04/07/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: PB2A4A04
dmi.board.name: PB2A
dmi.board.vendor: Packard Bell BV
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dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Packard Bell BV
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
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fglrx: Not loaded
system:
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