Ubuntu 10.10 two-finger scrolling doesn't work

[emir0n]

Did anybody else experienced the problem after resuming from the suspend state?

Cheers

same here,have to remove the /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-twofingerscroll.conf to boot up again w/o problems

[josephellengar]

HP dv7t quad. Same identifier as the solution listed above. I did not quote to save space. Followed step by step and it doesn't work. I'm using gnome and 10.10.

[martydelaney3]

Tested and this works perfectly on my Asus eeePC 1001p. I was wondering though if you could change it so the 2 finger tap emulated a middle click instead of a right click.

[Vapor63]

Did anybody else experienced the problem after resuming from the suspend state?

Cheers

It worked for me for a short while, but after either standby or reboot it seems to have failed. I re-followed the steps, but found all the settings exactly as they were. The mouse just "wigs out" and jumps all over when I try it now.

Running Ubuntu Netbook 10.10 on an Asus 1101HA, or, the netbook that should run linux fantastically but is actually the linux-netbook from hell.

[zweiundzwei]

It worked for me for a short while, but after either standby or reboot it seems to have failed. I re-followed the steps, but found all the settings exactly as they were. The mouse just "wigs out" and jumps all over when I try it now.

Same problem here, all of sudden with an EEE PC 1001P. I did a fresh install yesterday but this fix worked for weeks before that!?

[nevpark]

Yep--ptosiani's solution stops working after I suspend/reboot my computer (eeePC 1001P). In this earlier thread, lores suggests making a script that runs on startup, (and making a shortcut icon, as that won't work after suspend).

Here's more detailed instructions (for 10.04 but I assume it'll work for 10.10 too).

[tal63]

Hey! now is working... this is what I did:

1. Install "Pointing Devices"

2. Open System / Preferences / Pointing Devices and disable Vertical and Horizontal Scrolling.

3. Open a terminal (ctrl + alt + t) and execute this commands:

synclient HorizTwoFingerScroll=1
synclient VertTwoFingerScroll=1
synclient EmulateTwoFingerMinZ=40 
synclient EmulateTwoFingerMinW=8

4.Open a terminal (ctrl + alt + t) and execute this commands:

gconf-editor

5. Navigate and find this key: /desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/scroll_method

6. Assign the value '2'

7.Open a terminal (ctrl + alt + t) and execute this commands:

cat /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf

8. Copy the Identifier name, in my case, it was "Touchpad catchall"

Identifier "touchpad catchall"

9. Execute this command, as a Super User.

sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-twofingerscroll.conf

10. Write this, making sure to put your Identifier.

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier      "touchpad catchall"
        MatchProduct    "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Option          "VertTwoFingerScroll"   "on"
        Option          "EmulateTwoFingerMinW"  "8"
        Option          "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ"  "40"
EndSection

And that's all!

ptosiani,
You are exceptionally awesome. I can confirm this works in Ubuntu 10.10 (Asus 1201 netbook with synaptics touchpad). Thanks again for the perfect instructions. If done correctly this should only take a minute or two to do; you don't even need to restart.

[bjordan1979]

And that's all!

LOL .. Awesome man. Can anyone confirm if this works on a T410 in Ubuntu 10.04?

[Old Codger]

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The pointing device did the trick for my aging black MacBook.

[jackharvest]

Still trying to get this to work after restarting... Any tips?