Running an Asus K55a here with the same Elan clickpad. For me, right click and some other things where broken until I put the following into the (new) xorg.conf file. Now everthing works except this issue.
Section "InputClass" Identifier "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" MatchProduct "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Driver "synaptics" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "3" Option "TapButton3" "2" Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1" Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "1" Option "CoastingSpeed" "10" Option "EdgeMotionMinZ" "30" Option "EdgeMotionMaxZ" "40" Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "100" Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "400" Option "FingerLow" "9" Option "FingerHigh" "12" Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "0" Option "ClickPad" "True" Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0" EndSection I think what is needed is to set the property "AreaBottomEdge" to some value so that the lower portion of the touchpad surface is disabled with regard to mouse pointer movement. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1075996 Title: Elantech 'ETPS/2' Clickpad on 'Asus Zenbook ux31a': unable to move cursor while thumb is resting on the left button Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: It is a usual behaviour when you rest your finger on left button area(not clicking it) and move cursor with your index finger. Unfortunately it doesn't work. evtest and xev reports contain attempt to move cursor while resting finger on the left button area. Sorry for my english :) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.6.2-1ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Nov 7 19:16:56 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-23 (14 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. UX31A MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-generic root=UUID=7221ab10-dceb-475a-899a-687475d63f41 ro quiet splash pcie_aspm=force drm.vblankoffdelay=1 i915.semaphores=1 vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) XorgConf: Section "Device" Identifier "intel" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "sna" EndSection dmi.bios.date: 08/28/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: UX31A.214 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: UX31A dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrUX31A.214:bd08/28/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnUX31A:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnUX31A:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: UX31A dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3407-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1075996/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp