Unable to disable Horizontal Scrolling on Ubuntu 16.04.1
Solution 1:
It is quite easy to do if you installed libinput
.
Edit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/xx-libinput.conf
( replace the xx with the right number for your system; often 90 or 40 ) and add
Option "HorizontalScrolling" "False"
to the touchpad section.
xorg-synapics
and libinput
have different config files.
Option "Tapping" "True"
will enable tap-to-click function. It is disabled by default.
You can see the full list of options HERE
Solution 2:
An easier way (from https://askubuntu.com/a/338312/48493), that worked for me on Ubuntu 17.04. This is for on-the-fly changes to setttings, however:
synclient HorizTwoFingerScroll=0