Just relaying some information .... Due to a change in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.9.0-1ubuntu1, touchegg won't work out of the box under Kubuntu 17.04.
As a temporary workaround ( see here and here), revert to an older version of the synaptics driver, e.g. ...
... and ensure /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-synaptics.conf contains ...
After a reboot, touchegg works just fine ... assuming you've installed it.
As a temporary workaround ( see here and here), revert to an older version of the synaptics driver, e.g. ...
Code:
sudo apt install -y git build-essential libevdev-dev autoconf automake libmtdev-dev xorg-dev xutils-dev libtool
sudo apt remove -y xserver-xorg-input-libinput
sudo apt remove -y xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
git clone https://github.com/Chosko/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.git
cd xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
./autogen.sh
./configure --exec_prefix=/usr
make
sudo make installCode:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "Protocol" "event"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection