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xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package

Karmic touchpad settings disabled tap to click

Bug #384641 reported by Tom Wright
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Nominated for Karmic by Tom Wright

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

As first discussed in https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/380126 the new default settings in the karmic alphas disable touch to click and other settings which on many laptops are essential for user to be able to comfortably and efficiently use their laptops. Many laptop touchpads have been designed to rely on feature such as touch to click and as a result due to factors such as their physical buttons can be painful or nigh impossible to use otherwise. Whereas some users may prefer the feature off, for the vast majority of users it useful or even essential and considering the touchpad is the point of physical interaction for users we have most control over we should continue to make it as exceptionally usable as it has been in past versions.

I certainly could not do without it and will not be using my touchpad's clunky buttons to submit this bug report :-)

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Tom Wright (twright-tdw)
description: updated
tags: added: click karmic tap to touchpad
tags: added: regression-potential settings
removed: click tap to
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salemboot (salemboot) wrote :

works

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salemboot (salemboot) wrote :

I ment the file attached in the other bug report works.

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alain57 (alain57) wrote :

hi
if tap to click is disabled to copy mac, then it is a very bad idea !

i use a real mouse, but my batteries died, so i was trying to work with my touchpad and .... it's horrible without tap to click... (my netbooks buttons are not very good positioned)

i tried karmic on an other notebook (a 15,6" brand new acer) and once again its horrible
with tap to click => no noise
without it, and using buttons => i can't use the notebook at night because the noise wakes up my girlfriend ....

but well it must be a bug, because on the system preferences the fonction is enabled (on mouse)
but in fact it was not ...
i needed to install gsynaptics to really enable the function ....

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Robert Hooker (sarvatt) wrote :

The tap to click touchpad settings in the gnome-settings-daemon mouse capplet only work when tap to click is already enabled right now. You can just do synclient TapButton1=1 (make a shortcut to it in a menu or start it with your session, or just type it for now...) to enable tapping. gnome-settings-daemon 2.27.4 will handle enabling/disabling tapping correctly when it is released.

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Martin von Wittich (martin.von.wittich) wrote :

I just upgraded my notebook to karmic. Enabling tap to click works now (gnome-settings-daemon 2.28.0-0ubuntu2), but it is still disabled by default. I'm usally not at all for changing default settings just because they don't fit my personal preferences, but in this case I'd suggest reverting this to the pre-karmic behaviour - tap to click should be enabled by default.

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