Ubuntu – mouse and touchpad settings missing

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I am using the latest version of ubuntu 14.04 in the new lenovo Z510 ideapad laptop. I came across this problem while i was trying to enable my two-finger swipe action. Usually the mouse and touchpad setting will have separate columns for mouse and touchpad as shown here:

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Whereas in my case there is no two parts. Just one, as shown.

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Now can I get my settings back to normal, as shown here? Also, is it possible to enable both edge scrolling and two-finger scrolling without the use of third party apps like touchegg? If so, how?

Best Answer

It is possible to get back the touchpad and mouse settings in your control panel.

You can simply install it either from synaptic package manager or by using the following apt command

sudo apt-get install touchpad-indicator

If you are facing the problem with the settings just remove the mouse and touchpad settings file by the following command

rm -fr ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse

Hope this will help you better to resolve your issues.