Acer Notebook rightclick not working
I have a problem with my acer e5-571 running Ubuntu 14.04.
The touchpad isn't recognized correctly: I have no right click.
Output from xinput list:
Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ↳ SYN1B7E:01 06CB:2970 UNKNOWN id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ HD WebCam id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=12 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Acer WMI hotkeys id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]Sometimes there is no cursor at all, and I have to restart a few times till I get one.
Any help / workarounds are greatly appreciated.
Output from Synclient:
Parameter settings: LeftEdge = 49 RightEdge = 1187 TopEdge = 48 BottomEdge = 850 FingerLow = 25 FingerHigh = 30 MaxTapTime = 180 MaxTapMove = 67 MaxDoubleTapTime = 180 SingleTapTimeout = 180 ClickTime = 100 EmulateMidButtonTime = 75 EmulateTwoFingerMinZ = 282 EmulateTwoFingerMinW = 7 VertScrollDelta = 30 HorizScrollDelta = 30 VertEdgeScroll = 0 HorizEdgeScroll = 0 CornerCoasting = 0 VertTwoFingerScroll = 1 HorizTwoFingerScroll = 1 MinSpeed = 1 MaxSpeed = 1.75 AccelFactor = 0.130976 TouchpadOff = 2 LockedDrags = 0 LockedDragTimeout = 5000 RTCornerButton = 2 RBCornerButton = 3 LTCornerButton = 0 LBCornerButton = 0 TapButton1 = 1 TapButton2 = 3 TapButton3 = 0 ClickFinger1 = 1 ClickFinger2 = 3 ClickFinger3 = 0 CircularScrolling = 0 CircScrollDelta = 0.1 CircScrollTrigger = 0 CircularPad = 0 PalmDetect = 0 PalmMinWidth = 10 PalmMinZ = 200 CoastingSpeed = 20 CoastingFriction = 50 PressureMotionMinZ = 30 PressureMotionMaxZ = 160 PressureMotionMinFactor = 1 PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1 ResolutionDetect = 1 GrabEventDevice = 0 TapAndDragGesture = 1 AreaLeftEdge = 0 AreaRightEdge = 0 AreaTopEdge = 0 AreaBottomEdge = 0 HorizHysteresis = 7 VertHysteresis = 7 ClickPad = 03 Answers
I found a solution for my VN7-571G-56N0 Touchpad:
↳ SYN1B7F:00 06CB:2970 UNKNOWNMy solution isn't nice but its a workaround. Obviously the Touchpad isn't detected by the driver. I don't have another explanation for such a bad configured driver.
Step 1: Download enable-rightbutton.sh
Step 2: Identify your touchpad ID using xinput
Step 3: Activate the Clickpad parameter with
synclient Clickpad=1Step 4: Run the enable-rightbutton.sh with your Touchpad ID as parameter e.g.
enable-rightbutton.sh 11If this works for you too, you just have to put all this into the startup. I made this by adding "synclient Clickpad=1" at the front of the Script and put it into startup (open dash-> type in startup -> open the programm -> add an entry with the script with your ID as parameter)
This may be a useful link. Especially the Part 'Enabling right button click for clickpads on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS'
Just found a german link related to the topic, but because the asker is german it may help him:Touchpad at ubuntuusers.de You can load the settings a cleaner why by defining a new configuration for the touchpad using udev. There are plenty of possibilites to reconfigurate the synaptics driver e.g. changing the sensibilty or auto-turn off the touchpad while writing. It may help you with your other issue.
UPDATE My Touchpad works well with Ubuntu 15.04 Kernel 3.19 now. Anyway its still marked as UNKNOWN in xinput and theres still an error in dmesg.
4I had the same problem with my vn7-591G-74QT. Adding
Option "ClickPad" "true" Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "0" to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf solved it.
Right click on Synaptic Touchpad not working on Ubuntu 14.10
Type the following commands into the Terminal:
sudo su -c "echo options psmouse proto=exps > /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.modprobe"
sudo reboot
