Simon P., I've been battling with parts of this same issue for a while since I bought a laptop with a clickpad. The root cause is the default settings for the Synaptics driver when using any clickpad are distinctly user unfriendly for a default install. Hence, it may require some additional work to check for a clickpad (if possible) and then adjust accordingly. This suggested terminal commands won't fix everything if applied upstream, but would go a long way in addressing many of these issues.
Despite this, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one. Could you please report this problem to them via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg : Component: Input/Synaptics Version: 7.7 (2012.06) Severity: Enhancement Hardware: All OS: All Priority: Lowest Please provide a direct URL to your report once you have made it so that it may be tracked. Thank you for your understanding. ** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => Medium ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged ** Description changed: - I am running Ubuntu 14.04 x64 on my Acer Travelmate B115-M and sometimes - when i use the left or right touchpad key to make a mouse click, the - cursor jumps to another place on the screen far away from its inital - location and executes the click at that location. + With my Acer Travelmate B115-M running Ubuntu 14.04 x64, when I click + the bottom left or right area on my clickpad to either primary or + secondary click, the cursor jumps to another place on the screen far + away from its initial location and executes the click at that location. + The problem applies generally to clickpads in any laptop. - For example: I want to perform a left click in the upper section of my screen with the touchpad key to open a browser tab - What is expected to happen: I move the cursor to the browser tab and press the left key and the tab opens - What happens instead: The cursor jumps to the lower left corner and performs the click there, the trash folder opens instead - - That problem is not always happening and i do not know how to produce it, however usually after a few - minutes of working on my notebook and clicking around it will occur. Likely not a hardware problem as i already had the whole notebook replaced by my vendor, also with Win7 it seemed to work fine. + WORKAROUND: Execute the following at a terminal: + synclient RTCornerButton=0 + synclient RBCornerButton=0 + synclient LTCornerButton=0 + synclient LBCornerButton=0 + synclient AreaBottomEdge=3900 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic 3.13.0-40.69 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-40.69-generic 3.13.11.10 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-40-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: - USER PID ACCESS COMMAND - /dev/snd/controlC0: simon 1363 F.... pulseaudio + USER PID ACCESS COMMAND + /dev/snd/controlC0: simon 1363 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Dec 1 10:53:42 2014 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ed9e8c10-35d7-4c2a-bfb6-64752c8fa146 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-21 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) Lsusb: - Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub - Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1bcf:2c57 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. - Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04e8:331e Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd - Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB - Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub + Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub + Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1bcf:2c57 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. + Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04e8:331e Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd + Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB + Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: Acer TravelMate B115-M ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-40-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=0520439d-62c3-4835-a7a8-42d3a7ca0c2d ro quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=Linux vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: - linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-40-generic N/A - linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-40-generic N/A - linux-firmware 1.127.8 + linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-40-generic N/A + linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-40-generic N/A + linux-firmware 1.127.8 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp. dmi.bios.version: V1.22 dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Roxy dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: Type2 - A01 Board Version dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV1.22:bd08/27/2014:svnAcer:pnTravelMateB115-M:pvrV1.22:rvnAcer:rnRoxy:rvrType2-A01BoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: TravelMate B115-M dmi.product.version: V1.22 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1397924 Title: [Clickpads] Cursor jumps when clicking To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1397924/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
