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How to enable two-touch gestures on trackpads in Precise

 

Hi all,

We've made big changes to how uTouch works in Ubuntu Precise. These have had an impact on what gestures can be recognized on touchpads. I wrote a wiki page about the changes here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch/TouchpadSupport

Note that not all ClickPad devices are recognized automatically. Most Synaptics brand ClickPads are recognized, as are Apple MacBook trackpads. However, Apple Magic Trackpads and some Synaptics brand ClickPads are not recognized out of the box yet. If you have one of these devices, you will want to enable "Synaptics ClickPad":

xinput set-prop <device id|device name> "Synaptics ClickPad" 1

This will ensure that click actions do not inhibit touch and gesture events. It will also make your device work better in other ways too :).

Thanks!

-- Chase


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