How to make ubuntu support touchpad scrolling?

Question

I have a dell (inspiron n5110) laptop and manual book said that i can scroll using two fingers on the touch-pad and scroll up, down, left, and right it workd in windows but that didn't happen in Ubuntu 11.10.how to make this enable ???

Solution 1

Did you try to open "System Settings"

and click on "Mouse and Touchpad", then select the "Touchpad" tab

and there select "Two Finger scrolling" and possibly "Enable horizontal schrolling"?

Solution 2

if someone still looking for the solution so:

open "System Settings" then click on "Mouse and Touchpad", then select the "Touchpad" tab

and there deselect "Two Finger scrolling"

and if you want normal scrolling so deselect either the "natrual scrolling"
(enable it just if you want a scroll like apple).

Comments

[Admin]

Could you please edit your question and add the model of your dell laptop? Also, please open a terminal, run xinput --list, and add the resulting text to your question. I suspect your touchpad may not be being detected as a touchpad, but rather as a plain mouse. The information I request may help us better direct you to a clear answer. Thanks!

[Admin]

Here it is img844.imageshack.us/img844/2653/touchpade.png

[Admin]

It seems that your touchpad is not been detected.Look at the answers of askubuntu.com/questions/65736

[Black Block]

look at this (there is no touchpad tap) img59.imageshack.us/img59/2264/screenshotat20120103142.png

[Oli]

Could you elaborate a little more?