After reading Kai's posting I solved the problem permanently by adding the following lines to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/51-synaptics- quirks.conf
Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad catchall" Driver "synaptics" MatchIsTouchpad "on" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "2" Option "TapButton3" "3" Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1" Option "TapAndDragGesture" "1" Option "SingleTapTimeout" "320" Option "FastTaps" "1" EndSection -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/859474 Title: Dragging with touchpad unusable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/859474/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp