Comment 118 for bug 308191

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Gursimran singh (simar) wrote : Re: [Bug 308191] Re: Multitouch support not available for Synaptics touchpads v7.2

@Henrick

Thats a WOW!! thing
I will try it as soon as I get my laptop back from repair..

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Brad Greco <email address hidden> wrote:

> I just tried in on a Asus EEE 1005HA, using Maverick x86
> (2.6.35-23-generic).
>
> Two-finger scrolling (both horizontal and vertical) works wonderfully,
> as does tapping with two fingers. It doesn't seem to detect a 3-finger
> tap, though. Then again, I don't know if my touchpad has the hardware
> capabilities of detecting a 3-finger tap.
>
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> Multitouch support not available for Synaptics touchpads v7.2
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/308191
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> Status in The Linux Kernel: Unknown
> Status in uTouch: In Progress
> Status in XOrg-Driver-Synaptics - synaptics driver for XOrg: Confirmed
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> I've tried to enable the multi-touch feature on my Samsung NC10 touchpad
> enabled (Synaptics) but I did't find a way for correctly do it working.
> I've started from this how-to
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-touchpad/?ca=dgr-lnxw02os-touchpad&S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GRsitel
>
> I've tried to run this:
> synclient -m 100
>
> but it seems that recognize only a single finger.
>
> This touchpad has multi-touch feature since i correctly make it running
> under windows xp, but I like to be able to use it under Linux too.
>
> I'm running last updated Intrepid Ubuntu.
>
> Also affecting last updated Karmic (k)ubuntu.
>
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Warm Regards,
Gursimran singh Mohar