Same problem on Dell Inspiron 9100 touchpad. Edited xorg with the following and works like a charm (may want to change the MinSpeed and MaxSpeed to your liking):
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "LeftEdge" "1700" Option "RightEdge" "5300" Option "TopEdge" "1700" Option "BottomEdge" "4200" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "MinSpeed" "0.75" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.90" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015" Option "SHMConfig" "on" -- touchpad uses wrong driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114469 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs