Synaptic touchpad button click usually doesn't work

I'm now in Hardy and the problem still exists.

Using GuestMouseOff On and a lot of tweaking in the other Synaptics settings gets it to where it mostly works, but when someone is used to a laptop that really works and they try to use my machine for a minute they quickly give up in disgust unless I plug in an external mouse. When I move over a border of a window and get the resizing icon, pressing the left button will sometimes result in being able to resize the window, sometimes not, sometimes I have to touch it two or three times, sometimes I can just hold the button down and in a second or two I'll suddenly get the size (80 x 43) feedback letting me know that X has noticed I'm trying to resize the window. If that doesn't work I try letting go of the button and touching again. Sometimes it perversely just won't do it at all. If anyone works on this and wants any feedback I'm very motivated to help:) I'm attaching my current touchpad settings from synclient -l

Patrick

Sadly, I’ve _just_ gotten this bug on Intrepid, right after the Xserver upgrade (to version 1.5). The Synaptics driver package was updated at the same time (a new upstream version as well as being built for the new Xserver), so I don’t know which one is at fault.

I tried tweaking with synclient, but I changed many settings that seemed relevant and nothing seemed to be able to make a difference in the tap function’s sensitivity, or _lack_ thereof.

I’m using a Gateway C-140x... I think that’s the name of the model. I keep forgetting ’cause it’s nowhere on the computer but never mind...

Please try with Intrepid beta and a fresh xorg.conf.

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.