Ubuntu 13.04 + touch screen: points, though doesn't click

Question

Works well with nautilus and settings. Other places: I tap, cursor points, no further action. Guide me. I need it. What to do?

Answer 1

I've had the same issue; the good news is that there's a patch to fix it -- see (1) and (2). Follow the steps below (at your own risk) to apply the patch, compile the source, and install the patched packages:

1. Install the build dependencies for the source package
   sudo apt-get build-dep xorg-server
2. Download the xorg-server package
   sudo apt-get source xorg-server
3. cd to the directory created by the previous command
   
4. Download the patch, which can be found at 2
   
5. Apply the patch you just downloaded
   patch -p0 < ~/Downloads/touch-fix.patch (assuming the patch is in ~/Downloads)
6. Compile and generate the packages (.deb files)
   debuild -b -us -uc
7. Install the packages
   sudo dpkg -i ../*.deb
8. Restart your machine
   

I hope this helps.

(1) https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56578
(2) https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=78125