After updating to 12.04, I cannot use the mouse buttons. I have a work around to be able to drag with the touchpad alone, also to use the touchpad for right click. I would however like to use the actual buttons to drag and drop and actually right click. I have an Acer Aspire S3 series laptop. Does anyone know why this may be happening and how I can fix it?
Ubuntu – Can’t hold left button on touchpad and drag in 12.04 and no right click
12.04drag and dropmousemulti-touchtouchpad
Best Answer
This is the fix for right click on a touchpad with no buttons i.e. a clickpad!!
create a folder:
the create a file called 51.synaptics.conf
open gedit in root and save the file in the above folder with the following text in the file:
log out and then log back in again and you will have right click
if you do not have a clickpad and have actual buttons see what your touchpad is capable off:
then:
you should see some output like this:
the numbers mean the following:
if I was you I would take a look at the my comment and follow the link, this should help solve your problem.