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Using Ubuntu 8.04 on Notebook?

Amit k. Saha [amitsaha.in at gmail.com]


Sun, 18 May 2008 14:51:36 +0530

Hello all,

I have installed the Ubuntu 8.04 (32-bit) beta on my 32-bit notebook and Ubuntu 8.04 (64-bit) on a friend's 64-bit laptop. I am using Acer laptops.

In both cases, using the touchpad to click (single/double-click) is pretty troublesome, and needs a rather "hard" hit on the pad. I have tried setting the mouse preferences similarly to the one on Ubuntu 7.04 (which I use), but to no avail.

Any hints?

Regards, Amit

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Amit Kumar Saha


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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]


Sun, 18 May 2008 12:26:00 -0400

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 02:51:36PM +0530, Amit k. Saha wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I have installed the Ubuntu 8.04 (32-bit) beta on my 32-bit notebook and
> Ubuntu 8.04 (64-bit) on a friend's 64-bit laptop. I am using Acer
> laptops.
> 
> In both cases, using the touchpad to click (single/double-click) is
> pretty troublesome and needs a rather "hard" hit on the pad. I have
> tried setting the mouse preferences similarly to the one on Ubuntu 7.04
> (which I use), but to no avail.

I had a similar problem a few years ago with an Acer. If you have a Synaptics touchpad (which mine did), you need to tweak the sensitivity setting in your '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'. A quick Net search comes up with:

http://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad

Although I would stick with doing the manual config part of that. That way, you'd know what got changed. Oh, and make sure to keep a backup of the original file, just in case.

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* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *


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Amit k. Saha [amitsaha.in at gmail.com]


Mon, 19 May 2008 21:54:04 +0530

Hi Ben,

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Ben Okopnik <ben@linuxgazette.net> wrote:

> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 02:51:36PM +0530, Amit k. Saha wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have installed the Ubuntu 8.04 (32-bit) beta on my 32-bit notebook and
>> Ubuntu 8.04 (64-bit) on a friend's 64-bit laptop. I am using Acer
>> laptops.
>>
>> In both cases, using the touchpad to click (single/double-click) is
>> pretty troublesome and needs a rather "hard" hit on the pad. I have
>> tried setting the mouse preferences similarly to the one on Ubuntu 7.04
>> (which I use), but to no avail.
>
> I had a similar problem a few years ago with an Acer. If you have a
> Synaptics touchpad (which mine did), you need to tweak the sensitivity
> setting in your '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'. A quick Net search comes up with:
>
> http://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad
>
> Although I would stick with doing the manual config part of that. That
> way, you'd know what got changed. Oh, and make sure to keep a backup of
> the original file, just in case.

I installed 'gsynaptics' after following the above link. I am trying to tweak the sensitivity to my liking with it. Let's hope I get there.

Thanks, Amit

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Amit Kumar Saha


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