Touchegg doesn't recognize gestures

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Hello,
I am using Ubuntu 14.10 with Unity. I have a SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad, which 
should be able to detect at least 3-finger touch gestures. After I installed 
Touchegg I ran it in a terminal, but it doesn't recognize any of the gestures. 
Nothing happens. Tried to reboot, still nothing. I disabled synaptics 2 and 3 
finger gestures like this: 
https://code.google.com/p/touchegg/issues/detail?id=171#c7

But it still recognizes nothing when I run it in a terminal.
Does anyone have some suggestions for this? Would love to make it work!!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by alexande...@gmail.com on 12 Jan 2015 at 11:25

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My Ubuntu 14.04 installation required Touchegg to be compiled instead of 
installed to be recognized. I followed the instructions here: 
https://code.google.com/p/touchegg/wiki/CompileSourceCode

Original comment by pobr1...@gmail.com on 16 Jan 2015 at 12:09

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Thanks for the reply. Tried to follow the instructions and install touchegg 
that way. But I still get no output when I run it in a terminal.. Thanks anyway!

Original comment by alexande...@gmail.com on 16 Jan 2015 at 11:10

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I'd like to bump this.

I'm using Ubuntu 14.10 with Gnome 3.14.

Tried installing Touchegg both from the repository as well as compiled it from 
source.

In both cases, it doesn't detect neither my laptop trackpad or my Apple Magic 
Trackpad (both used to work great on 12.04).

Original comment by Yee...@gmail.com on 9 Feb 2015 at 1:11

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Also using ubuntu 14.04.... Touchegg isn't really doing anything.  I have three 
finger touch and the like already in my computer, but no scrolling.  even if I 
remove all the gestures, I still can do the same things.

Original comment by maryange...@gmail.com on 27 Feb 2015 at 1:46

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As far as I am aware there could be a conflict with the newly integrated 
gesture support in Gnome 3.14 - gnome now also subscribes for gestures on the 
root window thus somehow blocking touchegg from listening to gestures.

For me touchegg works with another window manager like Xfce - but with the 
current gnome it (sadly is broken) - perhaps it is the same problem with unity.
Perhaps give it a try using another window manager.

Original comment by mathphy...@gmail.com on 27 Feb 2015 at 1:27

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I found a working solution for myself - start touchegg before gnome by adding 
it to your ~/.xprofile, see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=191295

mine looks like this:

# disable synaptic native handling 2- and 3-finger gestures 
# so that touchegg gets the notifications
synclient TapButton2=0
synclient TapButton3=0
synclient ClickFinger2=0
synclient ClickFinger3=0
synclient HorizTwoFingerScroll=0
synclient VertTwoFingerScroll=0

# start touchegg
touchegg &

Original comment by mathphy...@gmail.com on 27 Feb 2015 at 1:34

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I'd like to confirm that it is NOT an Ubuntu problem.

Turns out Touchegg is bugged by Gnome 3.14. I've reverted back to 3.12 and it 
worked flawlessly. 
As Matphy...@gmail.com mentioned, there's most likely a conflict between 
Touchegg and Gnome's integrated gesture support.

Original comment by Yee...@gmail.com on 27 Feb 2015 at 1:48