Sounds like a hardware issue, I've never had that. On all other operating systems tap-to-click is default and I believe it should be in Ubuntu also. (Besides, do touchpads even report if they have a button or not at hardware level?)
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Sebastien Bacher <seb...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > When not having a button the tap on click should be actived > automatically, for users having a button that can be discussed but > better to use mailing than a bug report about that. Not sure how other > user manage to work with that option one but I keep clicking while > scrolling when it's on there > > -- > Touchpad Tap Clicking Broken (scrolling also) > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404219 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > > Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon > > the gnome-settings-daemon update (2.27.3-0ubuntu2) disabled these touchpad > functions: > > - no tap clicking > - no vertical/horizontal scrolling > > Other people have the same problem: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1221888 > > Touchpad settings in xorg.conf or via HAL don't fix the problem. (see > attached HAL configuration file) > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > Date: Fri Jul 24 18:34:16 2009 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > Package: gnome-settings-daemon 2.27.4-0ubuntu1 > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-4.21-generic > SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic i686 > -- Touchpad Tap Clicking Broken (scrolling also) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404219 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs