On 03/04/16 23:54, Tom H wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 8:07 PM, Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> The typical Linux GUI uses a pointing device with three buttons; the
>> center button can be emulated on two button pointing devices by
>> simultaneously depressing both buttons. (Some track balls only have
>> two buttons plus a scroll wheel -- depressing the wheel is the center
>> "button".)
>>
>> What happens with a laptop that has only a touchpad but no buttons?
>> "Tapping" on the touchpad performs the MS Win 10 "button" functions,
>> but what about Linux use? Can one configure the touchpad so that a
>> specific set of regions work only for "tapping" and thus emulate a
>> button, and the rest works as a regular "glide" pointing device?
>
> "synclient TapButton1=1 TapButton2=3 TapButton3=2" sets up right-click
> for a two-finger-tap and middle-click for a three-finger-tap.
>
I have a notebook with a similar problem:

[dg@localhost ~]$ synclient
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?
[dg@localhost ~]$

  How does one obtain a drver?

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D Greig