*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 47971 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/47971
To elaborate on HG's original comments, on my synaptic touchpad in
windows I get superb movement, sensitivity, and clicking - even without
the synaptic touchpad driver installed - when it is installed I get
extremely excellent movement and can tweak my heart out. When switching
to ubuntu, the default behavior seems to be a little worse (the
sensitivity is "off" for my tastes compared with windows, etc.) but its
definitely workable...what is not workable is the sole aspect of
scrolling, which by default without the synaptic touchpad driver
installed is non-existent. However, when enabling the touchpad driver
and setting it up properly, scrolling works fine...everything else at
that point is messed up (sensitivity is way too high, tapping actions
are horrible, especially when double clicking which can require
sometimes 2-3 tries to get an application/icon/folder/etc. to open, and
the general feel has changed dramatically) By reading some
documentation you are basically told to a) play with xorg.conf to adjust
settings or b) use a gui program or command line program to adjust
settings in real time. The problem I find with both of these routes is
that the number of variables to adjust in xorg.conf is astounding and
basically impossible to get a working solution, and the gui solutions
available fall short of giving enough options to the user (most give
acceleration, sensitivity, and ability to turn options on or off (like
tapping disable). No matter how many settings I have tried, how many
different configurations I have tried, nothing seems to come close to
replicating the functionality I get in windows...providing the synaptic
touchpad driver and some configuration utility to enable it would be
very handy, as well as having a gui configuration program that is
intelligent enough to give me the configuration options I need would be
excellent. Also, any information I find on the synaptic touchpad driver
for linux seems horribly out of date...is it still being developed?
perhaps if not, that would be a starting point...I could certainly live
with a restricted driver notice (similar to my wireless card) telling me
to enable the driver if one could be obtained from a non-free source.
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Touchpad default settings are horrible
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113278
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