Ubuntu change touchpad behaviour

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I recently installed Ubuntu 14.10 on my AlienWare 13' Notebook and I really don't like the touchpad behaviour there. The two things I dislike are that the "right click" only works when I click the touchpad with two fingers. I'd prefer it if it recognizes the right click when I clicked the right side of the touchpad. And the other annoying behaviour is that I can't move the cursor with a second finger while clicking. For example when I wanna move a folder I click it with one finger and try to move it with an other, but it doesn't recognize my second finger. :(

Can someone please help me to configure it correctly? I'm new to Ubuntu and don't know where I can change those settings.

Here is my xinput output:

Virtual core pointer                        id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ELAN Touchscreen                          id=10   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ DLL068B:00 06CB:76E9 UNKNOWN              id=12   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad                   id=14   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                     id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                                 id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                                 id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=9    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Integrated_Webcam_FHD                     id=11   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=13   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys                          id=15   [slave  keyboard (3)]

Regards

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 26 '15 at 03:51

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I know this is an older thread, but I just got my Wifi and touchpad to work on my alienware 13... Had to blaklist the i2c_hid module (for the touch pad), update the ath10 module and kernel to 3.19 for the Wifi.

Hope this helps.

answered Aug 26 '15 at 03:51

user443441

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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I got similar problems with my Touchpad on my Acer Aspire VN7-571G-56N0.

Typexinput into the Terminal to see which Touchpad you are using. Then you may follow the steps i described here.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Feb 26 '15 at 22:59

MofaSofa

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That doesn't work for me.. It said something like "Synaptics softkeys not set" when I started the sh file. – Pascal_AC Feb 27 '15 at 07:35
Whats your output of xinput? – MofaSofa Feb 27 '15 at 13:12
I edited my question.. I tried it with ID 14. – Pascal_AC Feb 27 '15 at 17:21

Ubuntu change touchpad behaviour

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