Based on the discussion it appears the consensus is to leave the synaptics settings as is and make it configurable via g-c-c, so dropping the -synaptics task.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386017 Title: Brushing right-edge of trackpad causes clipboard to paste text -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs