bug found: see https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95171 , https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2016-April/049504.html
patch: see https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg- devel/2016-April/049504.html diff that caused it: (to fix, apply in reverse) ----- diff --unified=2 -r /home/administrator/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-utopic-1.8.1/src/ /home/administrator/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-xenial-1.8.2/src/ #[...] --- /home/administrator/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-utopic-1.8.1/src/synaptics.c 2016-09-26 08:30:04.000000000 -0700 +++ /home/administrator/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-xenial-1.8.2/src/synaptics.c 2015-03-26 18:22:09.000000000 -0700 @@ -672,5 +672,5 @@ pars->tap_time = xf86SetIntOption(opts, "MaxTapTime", 180); pars->tap_move = xf86SetIntOption(opts, "MaxTapMove", tapMove); - pars->tap_time_2 = xf86SetIntOption(opts, "MaxDoubleTapTime", 180); + pars->tap_time_2 = xf86SetIntOption(opts, "MaxDoubleTapTime", 100); pars->click_time = xf86SetIntOption(opts, "ClickTime", 100); pars->clickpad = xf86SetBoolOption(opts, "ClickPad", pars->clickpad); /* Probed */ #[...] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1615204 Title: select-by-word/double-click drag-select only works if tap very fast To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1615204/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
