Friday 10 June 2011

Ubuntu 11.04 Two Finger Scrolling

I don't know how many of you out there have had problems with this, but if you have a synaptics touchpad that supports multitouch input, here's how to enable it.




  1. Install gpointing-devices:
    sudo apt-get install gpointing-device-settings
  2. Install the synaptics drivers
    sudo apt-get-install xserver-xorg-input-syanptics
  3. Press Alt-F2 and type gconf-editor
  4. Goto: desktop -> gnome -> peripherals -> touchpad
  5. Change the scroll_method to 2
  6. Now open the terminal and type:
    gksudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf

  7. Right before the "EndSection" line add the following:
        Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "on"
        Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "on"
        Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinW" "5"
        Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "48"
    Thats all. Hope this helps and let me know if it works for you.

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