Your folder structure shows usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ you should create a new directory:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d also have you checked to see via synclient if your touchpad is being recognised as clickpad: synclient -l if it says Clickpad=0 then your touchpad is not being recognised as a clickpad to enable this: synclient Clickpad=1 to permanently add this as an option you can do either fo 2 things: 1. create a shell script: /!#/bin/bash sleep 3 synclient Clickpad=1 end ### then add to your start up applications or you can add the clickpad option into the 51clickpad.conf file which is placed in the new created directory /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/: Section "InputClass" Identifier "Default clickpad buttons" MatchDriver "synaptics" Option "ClickPad" "true" Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "0" Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/947354 Title: Synaptics Soft Button Areas not working in HP Envy 14 Clickpad To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/947354/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp