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I upgraded from 17.04 to 17.10 on a Lenovo T540p which has broken two finger touchpad scrolling and right clicking
The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are In
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)Two-finger scrolling not working for ubuntu 17.10Ubuntu 18.04 - Ethernet disconnected after suspendNot able to do multitouch gestures(except two finger scrolling) on touchpadElantech touchpad: right button OR two-finger scrollsyndaemon deactivates two finger scrolling and tappingAdding a threshold to two-finger scrolling on touchpadtwo finger scrolling causing a right click (ubuntu 15.04)Why is my two finger scrolling (VertTwoFingerScroll) on Lenovo Thinkpad touchpad not saving on reboot?Toshiba Tecra A40 two finger scrolling activates right clickUbuntu 17.10 Touchpad: two-finger-tap actionTwo-finger scrolling not working for ubuntu 17.10One user has two finger scrolling the other does not
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Trackpad two finger scrolling and right-click issue with Ubuntu 17.10 (i386, 64bit, GNOME 3.26.1) on a Lenovo T540p (the model with a Intel Core i5-4210M Haswell CPU etc)
touchpad 17.10 lenovo click-policy 19.04
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Trackpad two finger scrolling and right-click issue with Ubuntu 17.10 (i386, 64bit, GNOME 3.26.1) on a Lenovo T540p (the model with a Intel Core i5-4210M Haswell CPU etc)
touchpad 17.10 lenovo click-policy 19.04
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What is the question? I only see a statement.
– Rinzwind
Oct 21 '17 at 20:13
This affected my ThinkPad X250 also on 17.10. The answer of @hpotter40 below worked for me.
– Majal
Nov 2 '17 at 0:51
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Trackpad two finger scrolling and right-click issue with Ubuntu 17.10 (i386, 64bit, GNOME 3.26.1) on a Lenovo T540p (the model with a Intel Core i5-4210M Haswell CPU etc)
touchpad 17.10 lenovo click-policy 19.04
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Trackpad two finger scrolling and right-click issue with Ubuntu 17.10 (i386, 64bit, GNOME 3.26.1) on a Lenovo T540p (the model with a Intel Core i5-4210M Haswell CPU etc)
touchpad 17.10 lenovo click-policy 19.04
touchpad 17.10 lenovo click-policy 19.04
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What is the question? I only see a statement.
– Rinzwind
Oct 21 '17 at 20:13
This affected my ThinkPad X250 also on 17.10. The answer of @hpotter40 below worked for me.
– Majal
Nov 2 '17 at 0:51
add a comment |
What is the question? I only see a statement.
– Rinzwind
Oct 21 '17 at 20:13
This affected my ThinkPad X250 also on 17.10. The answer of @hpotter40 below worked for me.
– Majal
Nov 2 '17 at 0:51
What is the question? I only see a statement.
– Rinzwind
Oct 21 '17 at 20:13
What is the question? I only see a statement.
– Rinzwind
Oct 21 '17 at 20:13
This affected my ThinkPad X250 also on 17.10. The answer of @hpotter40 below worked for me.
– Majal
Nov 2 '17 at 0:51
This affected my ThinkPad X250 also on 17.10. The answer of @hpotter40 below worked for me.
– Majal
Nov 2 '17 at 0:51
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I have the same issue on my Thinkpad T450s. This issue is referenced on launchpad here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1722478
It seems to happen after a resume. The workaround described on LP1722478 works for me:
sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse
edited Feb 2 '18 at 11:43
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answered Nov 1 '17 at 15:38
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Update for other ThinkPad users, as per the hard work done here, the workaround is as follows...
Edit the file /etc/default/grub and change the line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0"
then
sudo update-grub
and reboot.
answered Nov 30 '17 at 0:58
seyDoggyseyDoggy
615
1
Awesome! Nicer than the modprobe solution IMO since that also requires adding the modprobe commands in the resume in pm-utils.
– Chester
Oct 14 '18 at 0:05
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I guess I know what you mean. If you install Gnome Tweaking Tool, a.k.a. Tweaks, you can go to Keyboard & Mouse > Click Method > Fingers. That might solve it.
edited Nov 1 '17 at 16:04
Kristijan Iliev
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answered Oct 21 '17 at 7:05
Rui LuisRui Luis
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About the two finger scrolling, try with three fingers, that worked out of the box for me on my Lenovo X1 Carbon 2015.
answered Feb 1 '18 at 8:06
SchmooveSchmoove
211
Same here, using Ubuntu 19.10 on a Lenovo ThinkPad T440s. As mentioned in LP #1722478, this behavior is part of the bug and not intended.
– tanius
Apr 10 at 18:01
add a comment |
I had the same problem. In Gnome Tweaks, 'Keyboard & Mouse' settings, changing the click method to 'Areas' got the right-click working again.
answered Oct 21 '17 at 18:57
Rick GRick G
412
add a comment |
You probably were using Unity as your desktop environment before and are using Gnome Shell now. (Whether you wanted it or not, the upgrade decided for you.)
If you want to use Unity even now, that is an option, and it will resolve your problem. You may already have Unity installed, whether you know it or not, but in case you don't:
sudo apt install unity
Then when you restart and select your user on the login screen, don't enter your password right away. Instead, notice the little gear icon by your 'Sign in' button. Click it, and you should see that you have a choice between 'Ubuntu', 'Ubuntu on Xorg', and 'Unity'. Click 'Unity', then sign in with your password as usual.
I recommend this for users who want to go back to the environment they had before.
answered Jan 24 '18 at 1:11
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As mentioned in the answer by @hpotter40, this is behavior is bug LP #1722478. It affects a wide variety of relatively recent ThinkPad computers, and is still present in Ubtuntu 19.04. Three workarounds are discussed in the Launchpad issue. One is mentioned by @hpotter40 in his answer, the other two are here:
Option 1: Switch off Intertouch
This is my favourite, as it is the simplest to configure.
Edit file
/etc/default/gruband change the lineGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"into this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0"Execute:
sudo update-grubReboot.
Source: from here and here. Also I just saw it's covered already in another answer here.
Option 2: i2c-801 module
If your
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.confcontains a lineblacklist i2c_i801, remove it or make it into a comment.Use this technique to reload the
i2c-i801module after each resume from suspended state. You can of course also do that manually, in which case the commands are:sudo modprobe -r i2c-i801
sudo modprobe i2c-i801
There is no need to modprobe this module at system start explicitly, as two-finger scrolling and two-finger-tap for right-clicking only breaks at the first resume from suspended state.
Source: from here.
answered Apr 10 at 19:50
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I have the same issue on my Thinkpad T450s. This issue is referenced on launchpad here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1722478
It seems to happen after a resume. The workaround described on LP1722478 works for me:
sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse
edited Feb 2 '18 at 11:43
WinEunuuchs2Unix
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answered Nov 1 '17 at 15:38
hpotter40hpotter40
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add a comment |
I have the same issue on my Thinkpad T450s. This issue is referenced on launchpad here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1722478
It seems to happen after a resume. The workaround described on LP1722478 works for me:
sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse
edited Feb 2 '18 at 11:43
WinEunuuchs2Unix
47.9k1193185
answered Nov 1 '17 at 15:38
hpotter40hpotter40
1614
add a comment |
I have the same issue on my Thinkpad T450s. This issue is referenced on launchpad here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1722478
It seems to happen after a resume. The workaround described on LP1722478 works for me:
sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse
edited Feb 2 '18 at 11:43
WinEunuuchs2Unix
47.9k1193185
answered Nov 1 '17 at 15:38
hpotter40hpotter40
1614
I have the same issue on my Thinkpad T450s. This issue is referenced on launchpad here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1722478
It seems to happen after a resume. The workaround described on LP1722478 works for me:
sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse
edited Feb 2 '18 at 11:43
WinEunuuchs2Unix
47.9k1193185
answered Nov 1 '17 at 15:38
hpotter40hpotter40
1614
edited Feb 2 '18 at 11:43
WinEunuuchs2Unix
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Update for other ThinkPad users, as per the hard work done here, the workaround is as follows...
Edit the file /etc/default/grub and change the line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0"
then
sudo update-grub
and reboot.
answered Nov 30 '17 at 0:58
seyDoggyseyDoggy
615
1
Awesome! Nicer than the modprobe solution IMO since that also requires adding the modprobe commands in the resume in pm-utils.
– Chester
Oct 14 '18 at 0:05
add a comment |
Update for other ThinkPad users, as per the hard work done here, the workaround is as follows...
Edit the file /etc/default/grub and change the line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0"
then
sudo update-grub
and reboot.
answered Nov 30 '17 at 0:58
seyDoggyseyDoggy
615
1
Awesome! Nicer than the modprobe solution IMO since that also requires adding the modprobe commands in the resume in pm-utils.
– Chester
Oct 14 '18 at 0:05
add a comment |
Update for other ThinkPad users, as per the hard work done here, the workaround is as follows...
Edit the file /etc/default/grub and change the line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0"
then
sudo update-grub
and reboot.
answered Nov 30 '17 at 0:58
seyDoggyseyDoggy
615
Update for other ThinkPad users, as per the hard work done here, the workaround is as follows...
Edit the file /etc/default/grub and change the line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0"
then
sudo update-grub
and reboot.
answered Nov 30 '17 at 0:58
seyDoggyseyDoggy
615
answered Nov 30 '17 at 0:58
seyDoggyseyDoggy
615
answered Nov 30 '17 at 0:58
seyDoggyseyDoggy
615
answered Nov 30 '17 at 0:58
seyDoggyseyDoggy
615
615
1
Awesome! Nicer than the modprobe solution IMO since that also requires adding the modprobe commands in the resume in pm-utils.
– Chester
Oct 14 '18 at 0:05
add a comment |
1
Awesome! Nicer than the modprobe solution IMO since that also requires adding the modprobe commands in the resume in pm-utils.
– Chester
Oct 14 '18 at 0:05
1
1
Awesome! Nicer than the modprobe solution IMO since that also requires adding the modprobe commands in the resume in pm-utils.
– Chester
Oct 14 '18 at 0:05
Awesome! Nicer than the modprobe solution IMO since that also requires adding the modprobe commands in the resume in pm-utils.
– Chester
Oct 14 '18 at 0:05
add a comment |
I guess I know what you mean. If you install Gnome Tweaking Tool, a.k.a. Tweaks, you can go to Keyboard & Mouse > Click Method > Fingers. That might solve it.
edited Nov 1 '17 at 16:04
Kristijan Iliev
39228
answered Oct 21 '17 at 7:05
Rui LuisRui Luis
111
add a comment |
I guess I know what you mean. If you install Gnome Tweaking Tool, a.k.a. Tweaks, you can go to Keyboard & Mouse > Click Method > Fingers. That might solve it.
edited Nov 1 '17 at 16:04
Kristijan Iliev
39228
answered Oct 21 '17 at 7:05
Rui LuisRui Luis
111
add a comment |
I guess I know what you mean. If you install Gnome Tweaking Tool, a.k.a. Tweaks, you can go to Keyboard & Mouse > Click Method > Fingers. That might solve it.
edited Nov 1 '17 at 16:04
Kristijan Iliev
39228
answered Oct 21 '17 at 7:05
Rui LuisRui Luis
111
I guess I know what you mean. If you install Gnome Tweaking Tool, a.k.a. Tweaks, you can go to Keyboard & Mouse > Click Method > Fingers. That might solve it.
edited Nov 1 '17 at 16:04
Kristijan Iliev
39228
answered Oct 21 '17 at 7:05
Rui LuisRui Luis
111
edited Nov 1 '17 at 16:04
Kristijan Iliev
39228
edited Nov 1 '17 at 16:04
Kristijan Iliev
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Kristijan Iliev
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39228
answered Oct 21 '17 at 7:05
Rui LuisRui Luis
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answered Oct 21 '17 at 7:05
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About the two finger scrolling, try with three fingers, that worked out of the box for me on my Lenovo X1 Carbon 2015.
answered Feb 1 '18 at 8:06
SchmooveSchmoove
211
Same here, using Ubuntu 19.10 on a Lenovo ThinkPad T440s. As mentioned in LP #1722478, this behavior is part of the bug and not intended.
– tanius
Apr 10 at 18:01
add a comment |
About the two finger scrolling, try with three fingers, that worked out of the box for me on my Lenovo X1 Carbon 2015.
answered Feb 1 '18 at 8:06
SchmooveSchmoove
211
Same here, using Ubuntu 19.10 on a Lenovo ThinkPad T440s. As mentioned in LP #1722478, this behavior is part of the bug and not intended.
– tanius
Apr 10 at 18:01
add a comment |
About the two finger scrolling, try with three fingers, that worked out of the box for me on my Lenovo X1 Carbon 2015.
answered Feb 1 '18 at 8:06
SchmooveSchmoove
211
About the two finger scrolling, try with three fingers, that worked out of the box for me on my Lenovo X1 Carbon 2015.
answered Feb 1 '18 at 8:06
SchmooveSchmoove
211
answered Feb 1 '18 at 8:06
SchmooveSchmoove
211
answered Feb 1 '18 at 8:06
SchmooveSchmoove
211
answered Feb 1 '18 at 8:06
SchmooveSchmoove
211
211
Same here, using Ubuntu 19.10 on a Lenovo ThinkPad T440s. As mentioned in LP #1722478, this behavior is part of the bug and not intended.
– tanius
Apr 10 at 18:01
add a comment |
Same here, using Ubuntu 19.10 on a Lenovo ThinkPad T440s. As mentioned in LP #1722478, this behavior is part of the bug and not intended.
– tanius
Apr 10 at 18:01
Same here, using Ubuntu 19.10 on a Lenovo ThinkPad T440s. As mentioned in LP #1722478, this behavior is part of the bug and not intended.
– tanius
Apr 10 at 18:01
Same here, using Ubuntu 19.10 on a Lenovo ThinkPad T440s. As mentioned in LP #1722478, this behavior is part of the bug and not intended.
– tanius
Apr 10 at 18:01
add a comment |
I had the same problem. In Gnome Tweaks, 'Keyboard & Mouse' settings, changing the click method to 'Areas' got the right-click working again.
answered Oct 21 '17 at 18:57
Rick GRick G
412
add a comment |
I had the same problem. In Gnome Tweaks, 'Keyboard & Mouse' settings, changing the click method to 'Areas' got the right-click working again.
answered Oct 21 '17 at 18:57
Rick GRick G
412
add a comment |
I had the same problem. In Gnome Tweaks, 'Keyboard & Mouse' settings, changing the click method to 'Areas' got the right-click working again.
answered Oct 21 '17 at 18:57
Rick GRick G
412
I had the same problem. In Gnome Tweaks, 'Keyboard & Mouse' settings, changing the click method to 'Areas' got the right-click working again.
answered Oct 21 '17 at 18:57
Rick GRick G
412
answered Oct 21 '17 at 18:57
Rick GRick G
412
answered Oct 21 '17 at 18:57
Rick GRick G
412
answered Oct 21 '17 at 18:57
Rick GRick G
412
412
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add a comment |
You probably were using Unity as your desktop environment before and are using Gnome Shell now. (Whether you wanted it or not, the upgrade decided for you.)
If you want to use Unity even now, that is an option, and it will resolve your problem. You may already have Unity installed, whether you know it or not, but in case you don't:
sudo apt install unity
Then when you restart and select your user on the login screen, don't enter your password right away. Instead, notice the little gear icon by your 'Sign in' button. Click it, and you should see that you have a choice between 'Ubuntu', 'Ubuntu on Xorg', and 'Unity'. Click 'Unity', then sign in with your password as usual.
I recommend this for users who want to go back to the environment they had before.
answered Jan 24 '18 at 1:11
JellicleCatJellicleCat
326213
add a comment |
You probably were using Unity as your desktop environment before and are using Gnome Shell now. (Whether you wanted it or not, the upgrade decided for you.)
If you want to use Unity even now, that is an option, and it will resolve your problem. You may already have Unity installed, whether you know it or not, but in case you don't:
sudo apt install unity
Then when you restart and select your user on the login screen, don't enter your password right away. Instead, notice the little gear icon by your 'Sign in' button. Click it, and you should see that you have a choice between 'Ubuntu', 'Ubuntu on Xorg', and 'Unity'. Click 'Unity', then sign in with your password as usual.
I recommend this for users who want to go back to the environment they had before.
answered Jan 24 '18 at 1:11
JellicleCatJellicleCat
326213
add a comment |
You probably were using Unity as your desktop environment before and are using Gnome Shell now. (Whether you wanted it or not, the upgrade decided for you.)
If you want to use Unity even now, that is an option, and it will resolve your problem. You may already have Unity installed, whether you know it or not, but in case you don't:
sudo apt install unity
Then when you restart and select your user on the login screen, don't enter your password right away. Instead, notice the little gear icon by your 'Sign in' button. Click it, and you should see that you have a choice between 'Ubuntu', 'Ubuntu on Xorg', and 'Unity'. Click 'Unity', then sign in with your password as usual.
I recommend this for users who want to go back to the environment they had before.
answered Jan 24 '18 at 1:11
JellicleCatJellicleCat
326213
You probably were using Unity as your desktop environment before and are using Gnome Shell now. (Whether you wanted it or not, the upgrade decided for you.)
If you want to use Unity even now, that is an option, and it will resolve your problem. You may already have Unity installed, whether you know it or not, but in case you don't:
sudo apt install unity
Then when you restart and select your user on the login screen, don't enter your password right away. Instead, notice the little gear icon by your 'Sign in' button. Click it, and you should see that you have a choice between 'Ubuntu', 'Ubuntu on Xorg', and 'Unity'. Click 'Unity', then sign in with your password as usual.
I recommend this for users who want to go back to the environment they had before.
answered Jan 24 '18 at 1:11
JellicleCatJellicleCat
326213
answered Jan 24 '18 at 1:11
JellicleCatJellicleCat
326213
answered Jan 24 '18 at 1:11
JellicleCatJellicleCat
326213
answered Jan 24 '18 at 1:11
JellicleCatJellicleCat
326213
326213
add a comment |
add a comment |
As mentioned in the answer by @hpotter40, this is behavior is bug LP #1722478. It affects a wide variety of relatively recent ThinkPad computers, and is still present in Ubtuntu 19.04. Three workarounds are discussed in the Launchpad issue. One is mentioned by @hpotter40 in his answer, the other two are here:
Option 1: Switch off Intertouch
This is my favourite, as it is the simplest to configure.
Edit file
/etc/default/gruband change the lineGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"into this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0"Execute:
sudo update-grubReboot.
Source: from here and here. Also I just saw it's covered already in another answer here.
Option 2: i2c-801 module
If your
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.confcontains a lineblacklist i2c_i801, remove it or make it into a comment.Use this technique to reload the
i2c-i801module after each resume from suspended state. You can of course also do that manually, in which case the commands are:sudo modprobe -r i2c-i801
sudo modprobe i2c-i801
There is no need to modprobe this module at system start explicitly, as two-finger scrolling and two-finger-tap for right-clicking only breaks at the first resume from suspended state.
Source: from here.
answered Apr 10 at 19:50
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As mentioned in the answer by @hpotter40, this is behavior is bug LP #1722478. It affects a wide variety of relatively recent ThinkPad computers, and is still present in Ubtuntu 19.04. Three workarounds are discussed in the Launchpad issue. One is mentioned by @hpotter40 in his answer, the other two are here:
Option 1: Switch off Intertouch
This is my favourite, as it is the simplest to configure.
Edit file
/etc/default/gruband change the lineGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"into this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0"Execute:
sudo update-grubReboot.
Source: from here and here. Also I just saw it's covered already in another answer here.
Option 2: i2c-801 module
If your
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.confcontains a lineblacklist i2c_i801, remove it or make it into a comment.Use this technique to reload the
i2c-i801module after each resume from suspended state. You can of course also do that manually, in which case the commands are:sudo modprobe -r i2c-i801
sudo modprobe i2c-i801
There is no need to modprobe this module at system start explicitly, as two-finger scrolling and two-finger-tap for right-clicking only breaks at the first resume from suspended state.
Source: from here.
answered Apr 10 at 19:50
taniustanius
2,6671823
add a comment |
As mentioned in the answer by @hpotter40, this is behavior is bug LP #1722478. It affects a wide variety of relatively recent ThinkPad computers, and is still present in Ubtuntu 19.04. Three workarounds are discussed in the Launchpad issue. One is mentioned by @hpotter40 in his answer, the other two are here:
Option 1: Switch off Intertouch
This is my favourite, as it is the simplest to configure.
Edit file
/etc/default/gruband change the lineGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"into this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0"Execute:
sudo update-grubReboot.
Source: from here and here. Also I just saw it's covered already in another answer here.
Option 2: i2c-801 module
If your
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.confcontains a lineblacklist i2c_i801, remove it or make it into a comment.Use this technique to reload the
i2c-i801module after each resume from suspended state. You can of course also do that manually, in which case the commands are:sudo modprobe -r i2c-i801
sudo modprobe i2c-i801
There is no need to modprobe this module at system start explicitly, as two-finger scrolling and two-finger-tap for right-clicking only breaks at the first resume from suspended state.
Source: from here.
answered Apr 10 at 19:50
taniustanius
2,6671823
As mentioned in the answer by @hpotter40, this is behavior is bug LP #1722478. It affects a wide variety of relatively recent ThinkPad computers, and is still present in Ubtuntu 19.04. Three workarounds are discussed in the Launchpad issue. One is mentioned by @hpotter40 in his answer, the other two are here:
Option 1: Switch off Intertouch
This is my favourite, as it is the simplest to configure.
Edit file
/etc/default/gruband change the lineGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"into this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0"Execute:
sudo update-grubReboot.
Source: from here and here. Also I just saw it's covered already in another answer here.
Option 2: i2c-801 module
If your
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.confcontains a lineblacklist i2c_i801, remove it or make it into a comment.Use this technique to reload the
i2c-i801module after each resume from suspended state. You can of course also do that manually, in which case the commands are:sudo modprobe -r i2c-i801
sudo modprobe i2c-i801
There is no need to modprobe this module at system start explicitly, as two-finger scrolling and two-finger-tap for right-clicking only breaks at the first resume from suspended state.
Source: from here.
answered Apr 10 at 19:50
taniustanius
2,6671823
answered Apr 10 at 19:50
taniustanius
2,6671823
answered Apr 10 at 19:50
taniustanius
2,6671823
answered Apr 10 at 19:50
taniustanius
2,6671823
2,6671823
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What is the question? I only see a statement.
– Rinzwind
Oct 21 '17 at 20:13
This affected my ThinkPad X250 also on 17.10. The answer of @hpotter40 below worked for me.
– Majal
Nov 2 '17 at 0:51