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[Ashhar Hasan <hashhar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think a workaround is to use xinput.

xinput
# Note down your touchpad device id
xinput set-prop device_id SynapticsEdgeScrolling 1 1 1
# the default is 0 0 0

Read more about it here...
http://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.5/doc/man/man4/synaptics.4.html

So maybe we need to add a GUI component to the control centre to toggle this.
And while we are at it, we should try to integrate as many settings from the synaptic drivers as possible. A lot of people are put off by being unable to configure their trackpads.

PS: I am new here. Actually my first comment and appearance here. (I just made an exclusively for this issue)
I was hoping if someone would be kind enough to tell me the file which may need to be modified for the fix. I would like to get my hands dirty and this seems like something easy.

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Title:
  [Acer Aspire 5750-9668] touchpad doesn't scroll with one finger on
  extreme right in GNOME Flashback (Metacity)

Status in GNOME Panel:
  New
Status in gnome-panel package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  1) lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  Release:	14.04

  2) apt-cache policy gnome-session-flashback
  gnome-session-flashback:
    Installed: 1:3.8.0-1ubuntu11
    Candidate: 1:3.8.0-1ubuntu11
    Version table:
       1:3.8.0-1ubuntu12 0
          400 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/universe amd64 Packages
   *** 1:3.8.0-1ubuntu11 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0007 Version=01b1
  N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
  P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
  S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input9
  U: Uniq=
  H: Handlers=mouse0 event12 
  B: PROP=9
  B: EV=b
  B: KEY=6420 30000 0 0 0 0
  B: ABS=260800011000003

  3) What is expected to happen is when one logs into the GNOME Session
  Flashback (Metacity) touchpad scrolling with one finger on the extreme
  right works by default, or if not, it's configurable via GUI.

  4) What happens instead is it is not.

  WORKAROUND: Two finger scrolling works.

  WORKAROUND: If one logs out, and logs into either xfce or Xubuntu, one
  finger scrolling works. Hence, this would appear to be an issue with
  GNOME Session Flashback (Metacity) versus HW or other problem.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: gnome-session-flashback 1:3.8.0-1ubuntu11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat May  3 11:19:14 2014
  GsettingsChanges:
   
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-19 (135 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131219)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: gnome-panel
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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