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xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package

  1. Bug #554980
  2. Comment #31

Comment 31 for bug 554980

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Gursimran singh (simar) wrote : Re: two finger scroll/multitouch not working on lenovo thinkpad w510 having SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad..

Jeff: Bug reports are not just like forums where users diagnose just their own machines on expert advice but much more. These are used by bug fixers to fully eliminate the problem in future versions of Ubuntu. I truly agree to your point, you have provided your workaround and that could be a big relief to people here but it should be marked as a duplicate for two reasons :

1. Workarounds are not solutions, only temporary relief to user who want to use multitouch on their laptops. But to make Ubuntu better the bug has to be dealt by expert bug fixers. Such duplicate bugs helps them to look at various different hardware configuration where the problem exist.

2. As we group all the possible bug reports together, the bug reporters will themselves look at similar other bug reports and may find a useful solution themselves. This happens many times. This way your solution may also help may others and not just here.