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[Kmassada <kmassada@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

my touchpad right click doesn't work. Meaning, nothing happens when I
right click. I have a button on my key board for right click, but
doesn't right click on items where mouse pointer is hovering, I usually
right clicks, on different spots other than the one where my mouse is
pointing, except if it is a clickable item like a file in nautilus, but
it wont't work for highlighting. I also went into ubuntu mouse settings
and found an annoying work around, i enable right click with long click,
so basically after 2 seconds left clicking right click menu context
shows up, only problem with that is, it doesn't work well for certain
things like links for example, any one on what to do to troubleshoot
this?

here's a complete report of my hard info:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1567633/hardinfo_report.html I'm giving all out,
just in case i forget to mention anything, by the ways, i'm on maverick
RC AMD 64, HP dv7, synaptic touchpad integrated, not a plug and play.

ruling out the possibility of it failing because of something i
installed, this is a fresh install, ruling out hardware issue, mouse
works well under windows. for troubleshooting sake, switched from right
handed to left handed, the right click (select) works fine, but the left
click (menu) wouldn't bring menu up. I know it has to do with the
touchpad configuration on my laptop because USB mouse works.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1574015
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1572412 
are the threads that might be related, but they are about physical keyboards and mouse and not touch pads.. 

also found this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/udev/+bug/637208, but not
quite what i'm looking for.

I also tried using easy strokes to set my right click as ctrl clik, but
it doesn't work well.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad
the instruction here are useless, maverick doesn't support hal. SMHConfig doesn't work either. My XORG file has nothing on synaptic touchpad. synclient makes mouse freeze instead and doesn't solve issue, makes it even worse because it freezes the USB Mouse too. syndaemon only starts and restart touch pad nothing else.

Someone proposed the following from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1388164&page=6
Code:
sudo su
Code:
echo options psmouse proto=exps > /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.modprobe
Code:
reboot

after reboot right click works, but it breaks everything else, mouse is
now very laggy, even if i lower sensitivity it takes forever to take
cursor from one end of the screen to the other.. also broke, middle
click, edge scrolling, horizontal scrolling and dragging.. also noticed
after that, one tab for the mouse option disappeared, the one where i
usually set horizontal scrolling..

i'm searching every where for a solution, but this problem occurred
immediately after i installed maverick, from scratch after a disk
format. I used my friend's HP dv7 other model, but same synaptics touch
pad, and was able to reproduce issue with live cd, and with an install.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.2.2-2ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct  4 13:42:45 2010
DkmsStatus:
 vboxdrv, 3.2.8, 2.6.35-22-generic, x86_64: installed 
 vboxnetadp, 3.2.8, 2.6.35-22-generic, x86_64: installed 
 fglrx, 8.780, 2.6.35-22-generic, x86_64: installed 
 vboxnetflt, 3.2.8, 2.6.35-22-generic, x86_64: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100928)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=e6d10fe6-752a-490b-b1e1-4509bc7dc99c ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
dmi.bios.date: 06/22/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.09
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 1449
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 65.19
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.09:bd06/22/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv7NotebookPC:pvr0488100000242B10000620000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1449:rvr65.19:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 0488100000242B10000620000
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 codename:           maverick
 architecture:       x86_64
 kernel:             2.6.35-22-generic

** Affects: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick mouse notebook synatics touchpad

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hp synaptic touch pad, mouse right click doesn't work
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/654716
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