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[Ethan Trewhitt <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, here are some additional data points.

Attempt 1 (good)

1. Open gedit
2. Type some text
3. Select some text
4. Copy
5. Move cursor
6. Tap top-right of touchpad
7. DOES NOT paste

Attempt 2 (bad)

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Select text on page
3. Return to gedit
4. Tap top-right of touchpad
5. PASTES

Attempt 3 (good)

1. Open xfce4 Terminal
2. Select some text
3. Right-click, copy
4. Return to gedit
5. Tap top-right of touchpad
6. DOES NOT paste

Summary: whether the paste bug occurs depends on which app was used to
copy the text. It also depends on which app is receiving the paste, but
that list of apps is different.

Here's another really weird element of this problem: when the paste
occurs in gedit, as in attempt 2, it pastes at the current mouse
location, NOT at the location of the text caret.  So it's not simply
that the mouse driver is triggering a Ctrl-V, otherwise the text would
appear at the text caret.

In gedit, the paste bug DOES NOT move the text caret, so it's not
causing an actual mouse click before the paste; it's pasting INSTEAD of
clicking. In Chrome the caret moves along with the paste in the new
location. Caveat: if App 1 is active and I hover over App 2, then tap
the top-right, the paste occurs in App 2.

I tried copying and pasting images in Gimp but the problem doesn't seem
to occur with image content.

COPY - Apps I've tested where copying triggers a paste:
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Character Map
- AbiWord

COPY - Apps that do not cause a paste:
- Gedit
- xfce4-terminal

PASTE - Apps that receive a paste (if copied from one of the apps above):
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Gedit
- xfce4-terminal
- Character Map

PASTE - Apps that do not receive a paste (regardless of how it was copied):
- AbiWord

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1511496

Title:
  Synaptics touchpad pastes when clicked in the top-right corner

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When I tap the Synaptics touchpad of my laptop, the contents of the
  clipboard are pasted. It's exactly as if I typed "Ctrl-V" in the
  current window. I see no way in the touchpad settings to disable this
  behavior, so it seems like a bug.

  Action taken: tap the touchpad in the top right of the touchpad
  Expected result: the mouse is clicked at the current location
  Erroneous result: the clipboard is pasted into the current application.

  ---
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: None
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   vboxhost, 5.0.10, 3.19.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed
   vboxhost, 5.0.10, 3.19.0-33-generic, x86_64: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:062e]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-16 (33 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140723)
  LightdmGreeterLogOld:
   ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1286): WARNING **: Failed to load user image: Failed to open file '/home/trewhitte/.face': No such file or directory
   init: indicator-power main process (1321) killed by TERM signal
   init: indicator-application main process (1326) killed by TERM signal
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E7450
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-33-generic root=UUID=7d0dc4da-2a18-4838-b806-126cae6a56d3 ro quiet splash intel_pstate=enable vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt7
  Tags:  trusty ubuntu
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-33-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo wireshark
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 09/01/2015
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A07
  dmi.board.name: 06HN6G
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A00
  dmi.chassis.type: 9
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd09/01/2015:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE7450:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn06HN6G:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Latitude E7450
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz N/A
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.6
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
  xserver.bootTime: Wed Nov 18 16:26:50 2015
  xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
  xserver.errors:

  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   product id                                4925
   vendor                                     AUO
  xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7

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