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[Daniel d'Andrada <daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 23/02/12 21:54, Chase Douglas wrote:
> 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 :).

Hi Chase,

That solved the problem for me. Thanks!

One nuisance is that I have to set those commands every time I reboot. 
How can I make such changes permanent?
  $ synclient GrabEventDevice=0
  $ xinput set-prop ....

Would be good to have this info in that wiki page as well.

- Daniel