Two-finger scrolling not working since ubuntu 17.10+ [duplicate]

I recently upgraded to ubuntu 17.10 and since then I cannot do two finger scrolling, only edge scrolling. Any suggestions how to make the two finger scrolling work again? I use a Lenovo ThinkPad 450s

Output of xinput list-props $(xinput list | perl -ne '/touchpad.*\bid=(\d*)/i && print $1') as requested by @Hi-Angel

Device 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad':
Device Enabled (141): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (143): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
libinput Tapping Enabled (276): 1
libinput Tapping Enabled Default (277): 0
libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (278): 1
libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (279): 1
libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled (280): 0
libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled Default (281): 0
libinput Tapping Button Mapping Enabled (282): 1, 0
libinput Tapping Button Mapping Default (283): 1, 0
libinput Accel Speed (284): 0.600000
libinput Accel Speed Default (285): 0.000000
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (286): 1
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (287): 0
libinput Send Events Modes Available (261): 1, 1
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (262): 0, 0
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (263): 0, 0
libinput Left Handed Enabled (288): 0
libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (289): 0
libinput Scroll Methods Available (290): 1, 1, 0
libinput Scroll Method Enabled (291): 0, 1, 0
libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (292): 1, 0, 0
libinput Click Methods Available (293): 1, 1
libinput Click Method Enabled (294): 1, 0
libinput Click Method Enabled Default (295): 1, 0
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (296): 0
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (297): 0
libinput Disable While Typing Enabled (298): 1
libinput Disable While Typing Enabled Default (299): 1
Device Node (264): "/dev/input/event5"
Device Product ID (265): 2, 7
libinput Drag Lock Buttons (300): <no items>
libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (301): 1

2 Answers

The answer here by @hpotter40 worked for me:

$ sudo modprobe -r psmouse
$ sudo modprobe psmouse

This was taken from comment #16 of this bug report:

Update for a more persistent solution:

Based on comment #44 and #45 of the same bug report above, this should also work. Open the file /etc/default/grub and edit the value of the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT variable. By default this has the value of "quiet splash". The value "psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0" could be added to it so that it becomes like:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0"

Then update GRUB by executing:

$ sudo update-grub

Reboot your system and this setting should survive even after suspends. As a note, all these answers are simply workarounds until the kernel error could be identified and patched.

You can enable two finger scroll by clicking System Settings > Mouse & Touchpad. You will see a window like this

You can (un)check the check box according to your preference.