Right click doesn't work on HP mini 210 touchpad

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Need help in getting the right mouse click to work on a HP mini 210-1015TU when using the touchpad.

If I plug in a USB mouse, both left click and right click function as normal. Using the touchpad however I can only get the left click to work. Attempting to right click gives the result expected from a left click. As per some comments on a forum I added a file 11-touchpad.conf to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d. I can provide further details if required.

This made touchpad operation noticeably smoother but the problem with the right mouse click remains. Not a hardware problem as right clicked worked with 10.04 and still works with Windows 7 starter. 10.10 installed using wubi.

It would help if you would describe a little more what works and what doesn't work. — txwikinger, Oct 15 '10 at 03:51
If I plug in a USB mouse, both left click and right click function as normal. Using the touchpad however I can only get the left click to work. Attempting to right click gives the result expected from a left click. As per some comments on a forum I added a file 11-touchpad.conf to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d. I can provide further details if required. This made touchpad operation noticeably smoother but the problem with the right mouse click remains — user4041, Oct 15 '10 at 05:12
Has the right button always worked until now? If you have never seen it work, maybe the button is physically broken. — dgmdan, Oct 16 '10 at 19:57
Yes, right mouse button worked on 10.04 and still works on Windows 7 starter (I installed 10.10 using Wubi) — user4041, Oct 17 '10 at 09:45
possible duplicate of [Touchpad not working on HP Pavilion dv6](http://askubuntu.com/questions/6523/touchpad-not-working-on-hp-pavilion-dv6) — Lekensteyn, Apr 09 '11 at 16:25

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 18 '17 at 21:24

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You may also be interested in installing gpointing-device-settings package, which will provide more configuration options for your touchpad.

sudo apt-get install gpointing-device-settings

Once installed you find it under System -> Preferences -> Pointing Devices.

edited Feb 18 '17 at 21:24

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answered Nov 16 '10 at 14:42

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This worked a treat for me too - many thanks! (On a HP Mini 210-2001sa - fresh install of Netbook 10.10) – Jan 23 '11 at 00:07

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 02 '11 at 05:52

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is that i'm going to input:

sudo su (Enter your password)

echo options psmouse proto=exps > /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.modprobe
reboot

p/s: since i'm a newbie, i need to confirm the command to solve my problem at hp mini 210-1073TU.

edited Jan 02 '11 at 05:52

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answered Dec 04 '10 at 07:26

That worked for me. – user4041 Dec 05 '10 at 04:18
Pretty awesome! Working fine as a solution for the HP Pavilion dm4. Solved my issue! Thank you! – Geppettvs D'Constanzo Jul 29 '12 at 12:55
I own a hp elite-book 8530w. The modprobe.d fix didn't do it for me. Just led to mentioned lack of scrolling and sensibilty reduction. Anyone has an idea for me? – con-f-use Aug 11 '12 at 11:08

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 11 '12 at 12:16

I've found a workaround which worked with my Lenovo Edge E320 with a clickpad.

Just create /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/51.clickpad.conf and paste the following content:

Section "InputClass" 

Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
MatchDriver "synaptics" 
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"

EndSection

After a restart of the xserver the clickpad worked just fine and the mulitouch features are now operational.

Source: Ubuntuusers.de

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 19 '10 at 09:57

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try TAPPING the lower right corner of the touchpad instead of clicking the button

answered Oct 19 '10 at 09:57

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Occasionally this does work, but in most cases it responds as a left click. Thanks for the suggestion – user4041 Oct 19 '10 at 20:47

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited May 29 '15 at 00:27

Just create /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/51.clickpad.conf and paste the following content:

Section "InputClass" 
Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
MatchDriver "synaptics" 
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection*

This works great on an HP pavilion 15 p132nd, for anyone experiencing a rightclick problem on this system. After adding the new file and the lines as in the post, just restart the system to make it work.

Right click doesn't work on HP mini 210 touchpad

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