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Using Synaptics touchpad, set to use single-clicks instead of double-clicks. 
Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick, 64-bit (clean install) on a Lenovo IdeaPad Y510
Single-clicks and tap-to-clicks register as double-clicks, and other weirdness

Often and randomly, the left-click and sometimes the tap-to-click will
register double-clicks instead of single-clicks. This results in
problems like closing tabs in browsers when clicking on them. Also
affects drags, which horribly screws up text when trying to drag a chunk
of text from one place to another in the document. At times just moving
the mouse across a document will result in selecting text, despite the
fact that no double-click occurred to actually select any text, and the
unintentionally-selected text is then dragged or copied and pasted to
some other part of the document.

Have also noticed that at times a single-click or tap-to-click results
in something like two middle-clicks, or even a right-click and then the
top-menu item. For instance, clicking on a tab in Chromium or Firefox
doesn't simply select the tab, but instead opens two new tabs.

This is a new problem on Maverick; it's never happened in the past, and
doesn't occur using Windows in a virtual machine. I've seen similar bug
reports, but they're old and for regular mice, not for touchpads. I'm
not sure what debugging info to offer since this is so random and
doesn't result in an actual crash.

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


** Tags: double-click single-click synaptics touchpad
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Touchpad single-click registers double-click, and sometimes two middle-clicks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/677700
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