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Configure '50-synaptics.conf' for kinetic scrolling?

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My laptop has a Synaptics touchpad with multi-touch support. Kinetic two-finger scrolling works fine on windows, how can I get it to work on ubuntu?

I have already reversed the scrolling direction by editing the /usr/share/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf, all I need now is to give it some inertia.

I am using the 32 bit version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

This link explains a lot about the different parameters, but I can't seem to find the right parameters to set in order to achieve this. Please do not answer unless you have tried this before. Thank you :)

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answered 2 Years ago tinchir · Accepted Answer

In Linux kinetic scrolling is called "Coasting", at least in the Synaptics driver.

You can do it by adding following option lines to the file 50-synaptics.conf file, adapting the values as you require:

# Coasting configuration

Option "CornerCoasting" "0"

Option "CoastingSpeed" "20"

Option "CoastingFriction" "50"