This bug can be worked around by doing the following: 1. > mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d 2. > cp /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ 3. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf to look like the file reproduced below. This sets up the bottom 25% of the touchpad as "soft buttons". The left button takes up 40% of this space, the middle button takes up 20%, and the right button takes up 40%.
After performing this fix, I am able to perform left and middle clicks, left-click and drag, middle-click-and-drag, and right-click-and-drag using the touchpad. Note - this Acer ES1-311-C9XM also suffers the "touchpad not working after suspend/resume" bug as in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1393079 . The fix given in comment #7 of that bug fixes that issue. ---- # Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver # to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on # InputClass. # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite # it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into # /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first. # Additional options may be added in the form of # Option "OptionName" "value" # Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad catchall" Driver "synaptics" MatchIsTouchpad "on" # This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be # enabled by default. See the following link for details: # http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" # [lws 2015-03-19 - options for configuring ClickPad on Acer ES1-311-C9XM] Option "ClickPad" "true" Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "0" Option "SoftButtonAreas" "60% 0 75% 0 40% 60% 75% 0" Option "AreaBottomEdge" "75%" EndSection Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates" MatchIsTouchpad "on" MatchOS "Linux" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*" Option "Ignore" "on" EndSection # This option enables the bottom right corner to be a right button on clickpads # and the right and middle top areas to be right / middle buttons on clickpads # with a top button area. # This option is only interpreted by clickpads. # # [lws 2015-03-19 Comment out this section to avoid scrobbling settings we have configured above] # # Section "InputClass" # Identifier "Default clickpad buttons" # MatchDriver "synaptics" # Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0" # Option "SecondarySoftButtonAreas" "58% 0 0 15% 42% 58% 0 15%" # EndSection # This option disables software buttons on Apple touchpads. # This option is only interpreted by clickpads. Section "InputClass" Identifier "Disable clickpad buttons on Apple touchpads" MatchProduct "Apple|bcm5974" MatchDriver "synaptics" Option "SoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0" EndSection ---- -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1433167 Title: Acer Aspire ES1-311-C9XM - Synaptics ClickPad soft buttons not configured out of the box Status in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The Acer ES1-311-C9XM is equipped with a Synaptics 'ClickPad', i.e. a touchpad with integrated 'click' button. The default settings assume that the ClickPad is just a normal touchpad with a single hardware mouse button. Basic touchpad functionality is OK. Multitouch features such as two-finger-tap to right-click, and two-finger-swipe to scroll, do work. However, clicking and dragging with the hardware click button, and right-clicking with the hardware click button, do not work. `xinput --list` reports the touchpad as `SYN1B7F:01 06CB:2991 UNKNOWN`. Tweaking settings using `synclient` can fix the problem. For example, to set up the bottom right-hand corner of the touchpad as the software right-click button, we can do the following at a command line: synclient ClickPad=1 synclient RightButtonAreaLeft=610 RightButtonAreaRight=1175 RightButtonAreaTop=489 RightButtonAreaBottom=648 (This configuration is not perfect, and does not persist between reboots - `xorg.conf` editing probably needed for that.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.8.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Tue Mar 17 23:40:41 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-16 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1433167/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
