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I recently switched from windows 8 to Ubuntu 14.04. With windows I could scroll pages using two fingers but this does not work running Ubuntu.

I have followed this guide: Enable BOTH edge scrolling and two-finger scrolling for touchpad

but the commands only gives me the message: Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?

Any idea what to do?

Regards

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Alexander Häggman
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This instructions solved the issue for me on a Lenovo G50 + Mint Cinnamon 17

http://www.evilcodingmonkey.com/2014/01/23/ubuntu-activate-multi-touch-on-elantech/

Copy-paste (code typo fixed and a bit more of info added), as backup

First, if you aren't sure your computer was built with an Elantech touchpad, open a terminal, and type the following:

cat /proc/bus/input/devices

You should find a block containing a line looking like this one, which confirms you are on an Elantech touchpad:

N: Name="ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad"

or

N: Name="PS/2 Elantech Touchpad"

Download this archive (from Ubuntu's bug reporting page).

Open a terminal, and follow these steps (after step 4, you will have no mouse at all):

cd ~/Downloads 
sudo dkms ldtarball psmouse-elantech-x551c.tar.gz 
sudo dkms install -m psmouse -v elantech-x551c 
sudo rmmod psmouse 
sudo modprobe psmouse

Enjoy multitouch!

berbt
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  • This works for me. But just until the next startup. After a reboot I don't have multitouch. But if I call `sudo rmmod psmouse && sudo modprobe psmouse, then everything works again. Any tips? – pirad Jan 21 '15 at 14:04
  • No, sorry, it worked for me even after reboot. You should probably start a new question with more info about your system. – berbt Jan 21 '15 at 20:13
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Is the package xserver-xorg-input-synaptics installed ?

If not try to install it using the terminal by typing the command below:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

Harris
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  • Thank you for the response.

    it is allready installed

     – Alexander Häggman Sep 03 '14 at 19:19
  • Have you tried this suggesstion from (http://askubuntu.com/questions/396422/synaptics-driver-doesnt-load-sometimes): sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-input-synaptics && sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synapticg – Harris Sep 03 '14 at 19:29
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Actually I had a same problem the only solution that I come up with is just install Gpointing device setting (you can find this in ubuntu software center) and enable there touchpad settings (u can customize quite a lot there), although afterwards my right click is not working :) I'll try to figure out that also and reboot your computer after installation

sevadah
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You can also find the answer here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1407785/comments/26

Download the file: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1407785/+attachment/4309044/+files/psmouse-elantech-x551c-G50-70.tar.gz

and then the following commands via the terminal:

sudo dkms ldtarball psmouse-elantech-x551c-G50-70.tar.gz
sudo dkms install -m psmouse -v elantech-x551c-G50-70

sudo rmmod psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse
shadow hunter
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The latest kernel with well. Touchpad is stable and smooth

wget \

kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4-rc2+cod1-wily/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400rc2_4.4.0-040400rc2.201511231054_all.deb \

kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4-rc2+cod1-wily/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400rc2-generic_4.4.0-040400rc2.201511231054_amd64.deb \

kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4-rc2+cod1-wily/linux-image-4.4.0-040400rc2-generic_4.4.0-040400rc2.201511231054_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.4*.deb linux-image-4.4*.deb

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Clement Yuan
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