[BIGGS]

I just found out that the option for two-finger scrolling exists in Ubuntu, located at System > Preferences > Mouse, under the Touchpad tab. However, simply selecting the option did not work for me. I did a simple google search, and came up with instructions on this page on how to enable and adjust the settings.

For easy reference, and in case the page goes down, I'll copy the instructions here.

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Note: This method seems to require a Synaptics touchpad rather than an ALPS touchpad. To see which you have, run grep touchpad /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

STEPS

1. Locate and open the file 11-x11-synaptics.fdi with root permissions.

On Ubuntu 9.10: sudo gedit /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi
2. Find this line (line 5 for me):

<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>

and insert the following lines immediately below it:
<merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" type="string">40</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinW" type="string">7</merge>

If these values don't work for you, read the next section.
3. run gnome-mouse-properties and enable two-finger scrolling in the touchpad tab
4. reboot the computer (or stop gdm, restart hal, and start gdm)

EDIT: This no longer works on Lucid Lynx (10.04).

[reflex]

Thanks for the link.

[Zee]

does anyone know how to make it work on lucid lynx????

[BIGGS]

Working on a udev version that'll automatically work on start up; in the meantime, try the suggestions on this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1419833

[Zee]

my problem is that 2 finger scrolling is grayed out and i want to enable it....

[dsmith]

Hi,

I have a dell mini 10v. Its very nice and the touchpad is very capable as demonstrated by windows 7 and scrybe from synaptics. In ubuntu 10.04, the solution for 2 finger scrolling is this:
1. Open gedit
2. Copy and paste these 4 lines:

#!/bin/bash
synclient VertTwoFingerScroll=1
synclient HorizTwoFingerScroll=1
synclient EmulateTwoFingerMinW=5
synclient EmulateTwoFingerMinZ=48

3. Save in your home directory as something with a dot in front of it, e.g. ".twofingers"
4. Open terminal
5. Make sure you are in your home directory by entering the command "cd ~". Then enter the command "chmod +x .twofingers" (replace .twofingers with what you saved the file as)
6. Set it as a startup item from System>Preferences>Startup Applications
7. Reboot and you're done! Try it out!

Have fun,
Daniel

[Zee]

i tried this but it doesnt work....
i rebooted but still 2 finger scrolling is greyed out in mouse preferences