Two finger "right click" no longer works!

This morning using the two-finger click on my MBP 13-inch stopped working. It acts the same way as the one-finger left-click. I have rebooted the computer twice, reset the preferences twice, cleaned the trackpad surface... Nothing.
To say the least, this is annoying. The two-finger scrolling still works fine. I am now using an external mouse but I'd like to get the right click back without resorting to the control key.
Any ideas? Thanks!

MacBook pro forums:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1293

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RightEdge = 4826
TopEdge = 2220
BottomEdge = 4636
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LTCornerButton = 0
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AreaRightEdge = 0
AreaTopEdge = 0
AreaBottomEdge = 0
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VertHysteresis = 8
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Last edited by gladixy (2014-09-21 20:44:27)

Instead of using execution statements involving
synclient
on startup of X I'm now using /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf for configuring my settings. This solved the problem.
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