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Synaptics Touchpad is a utility for configuring multitouch on laptop touchpads. Not to be confused with the Synaptic Package Manager, for which the "synaptic" tag should be used instead.

Synaptics Touchpad is a tool for configuring multitouch functionality on laptop touchpads using the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics driver.

More information on how to use this utility can be found at this Ubuntu Documentation page.

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How to lock touchpad while typing

I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 on Dell Inspiron N5110. As the touch pad is a bit large in this model it’s frequently getting in my way while typing. Although I try my best to not touch it, the cursor still gets moved and ruins what I am typing. I remember…
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How can I have inertia scrolling for my touchpad?

I'd like to have inertia scrolling for my touchpad, how can I do this, thanks!
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Where to configure synaptics touchpad to use inverted two finger scrolling?

I want to configure my synaptics touchpad to user inverted scrolling with two fingers. Where to configure synaptics for this in Ubuntu 12.04?
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Synaptics touchpad: how to activate the cursor Momentum (NOT scrolling Momentum)

I'm not sure if the feature I want to activate is called Momentum. I want the cursor to continue moving in a direction like I'm pushing a ball. If I push the ball softy, it will continue moving a little bit after I lift my finger from the touch pad.…
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Keep synclient settings persistent

I've created /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/51-synaptics-userdefined.conf file (copy of 50-synaptics.conf, only desired stuff changed and posted) with the following contents: Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad catchall" Driver…
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how to use circular scrolling using synaptics touchpad

I have used that feature in windows and I have always wanted to try that feature on this ubuntu raring.Using gsynaptics doesn't work it shows grey or deactivated buttons on circular scrolling. Is there anyway of accomplishing this?
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How do I enable SHMConfig?

I don't know how to enable SHMConfig on Ubuntu 12.04 so that I can run synclient -m 100 correctly. I searched and solutions were with HAL daemon, but I don't have HAL, I think it was deprecated. Thanks
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I cannot close the update window when install through synptic (Ubuntu 20.04)

I have install flashplugin package through synaptic but there was a update information box which I cannot close it (I close it temporarily and then it appears on other day when I start the computer). As I check the syslog file in /var. Here the…
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Touchpad issue with my hp mini

I am new to ubuntu. Installed later version but having issues with my touchpad. I've got an Hp mini can someone guide me step by step how to solve it. Even where write the code single step by step. Any help it is really appreciated. Many thanks
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