I know this isn't really a work around but until there really is a fix for this... here is my way of dealing with it...
I have (out of frustration) started using the xorg keyboard-mouse- emulator, and disable/enable the touchpad as needed with two bash scripts. I include this only to help someone else who is as frustrated as I am. disable-touchpad:1:#!/bin/bash disable-touchpad:2: disable-touchpad:3:### disable-touchpad:4:echo "$0"' : XOrg tip!' disable-touchpad:5:echo "$0"' : SHIFT-CTRL-NUMLOCK turn on keyboard/mouse-emulator' disable-touchpad:6:echo "$0"' : NL / * - on/off left middle right' disable-touchpad:7:echo "$0"' : 7 8 9 nw n ne' disable-touchpad:8:echo "$0"' : 4 5 6 w c e (5 = click)' disable-touchpad:9:echo "$0"' : 1 2 3 sw s se' disable-touchpad:10:echo "$0"' : 0 . d u (0=mousedown .=mouseup)' disable-touchpad:11:echo "$0"' : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_keys' disable-touchpad:12:echo "$0"' : http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_get_special_keys_to_work#xmodmap_configuration' disable-touchpad:13: disable-touchpad:14:TOUCHPAD_ID="$(xinput list | egrep 'SynPS.2.Synaptics.TouchPad' | sed 's/^.*id=//' | sed 's/[ ].*//')" disable-touchpad:15:### echo "TOUCHPAD_ID=$TOUCHPAD_ID" disable-touchpad:16: disable-touchpad:17:### 0 = disabled ( device enable = false ) disable-touchpad:18:### 1 = enabled ( device enable = true ) disable-touchpad:19:xinput set-prop "$TOUCHPAD_ID" "Device Enabled" 0 disable-touchpad:20: enable-touchpad:1:#!/bin/bash enable-touchpad:2: enable-touchpad:3:TOUCHPAD_ID="$(xinput list | egrep 'SynPS.2.Synaptics.TouchPad' | sed 's/^.*id=//' | sed 's/[ ].*//')" enable-touchpad:4:### echo "TOUCHPAD_ID=$TOUCHPAD_ID" enable-touchpad:5:xinput set-prop "$TOUCHPAD_ID" "Device Enabled" 1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/582809 Title: Synaptics Clickpad touchpad buttons are not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/582809/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
