@penalvch Unfortunately, 5 years later, this exact bug is still here.
HP EliteBook 8470p, the TouchStyk is showing up as a "PS/2 Generic
Mouse" with no way to configure tap-to-click through either xinput or a
config file.
** Also affects: libinput (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268506
Title:
Cannot configure Synaptics TouchStyk settings (e.g. sensitivity,
tapping, press/select)
Status in libinput package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Expired
Bug description:
Although GNOME now has a preferences window for configuring the
behavior of the Synaptics touchpad, there is no dialog for configuring
the behavior of the TouchStyk (similar to IBM's TrackPoint or more
generally referred to as a pointing stick).
The Synaptics driver on Windows allows me to configure the pace of the
TouchStyk, which is by default too slow in Ubuntu in my opinion.
Furthermore, I can enable features such as tapping to perform a left
mouse click, and press/select which allows me to select text using
only the TouchStyk. I believe even scrolling should be possible.
Is there any way to configure this in Ubuntu? Even granted that this
is possible, I believe users should be able to alter the default
configuration in a graphical way.
Bug #251121 seems to report something similar (but in this case with
an ALPS touchpad/trackpoint).
Thanks in advance! I greatly appreciate the fact that laptop support
is getting better and better on Ubuntu, but of course to get it really
up to par with Windows and Mac OS X, we should keep reporting these
things.
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