With gnome-settings-daemon 3.8 which was released to Ubuntu 13.10 yesterday, edge scrolling is disabled by default if two-finger scrolling doesn't work. You'll need to log out and log back in after applying updates.
I believe this is a duplicate of bug 1221367. ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Assignee: Jeremy Bicha (jbicha) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222248 Title: regression: scroll areas on touchpad do not work any more To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1222248/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs