Issue still present in latest Ubuntu (on a MacBook 2,1). David Duffeys solution in #81 helps partly, its still not quite sensitive enough. Changing the threshold number does not change the sensitivity, except if changed to 1 in which case sensitivity is extremely low.
The other posted solutions here do not work, except that experimenting with synclient does help. I find that setting FingerLow to 5 and FingerHigh to 15 gives a good amount of sensibility. However, movement is still jaggy, especially on diagonal movements. Also, it is not possible to apply these synclient settings permanently to xorg.conf because xorg.conf does not exist. If it is created X fails to load with error message "no screens found", probably due to there being no screen settings in xorg.conf. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416516 Title: Touchpad isn't sensitive enough on MacBook 5,2 Status in Mactel Support: New Status in xf86-input-synaptics: Incomplete Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics When using ubuntu on a MacBook (rev. 5,2) the touchpad is very hard to use. To move the mouse pointer at all, one has to press down very hard on the touchpad. --- Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 DkmsStatus: bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.34-5-generic, i686: installed bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.35-4-generic, i686: installed bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.35-2-generic, i686: installed bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.35-1-generic, i686: built InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBook5,2 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.2.2-2ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-4-generic root=UUID=4e9884fc-07d7-44d2-ba3c-580ebe0b0f24 ro quiet splash maxcpus=1 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-4.5-generic 2.6.35-rc3 Tags: maverick maverick Uname: Linux 2.6.35-4-generic i686 UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare dmi.bios.date: 04/16/09 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MB52.88Z.0088.B05.0904162222 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-F22788AA dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag# dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F22788AA dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMB52.88Z.0088.B05.0904162222:bd04/16/09:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBook5,2:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F22788AA:rvr:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-F22788AA: dmi.product.name: MacBook5,2 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. system: distro: Ubuntu codename: maverick architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.35-4-generic --- ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: precise DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 DistroVariant: ubuntu InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBook5,2 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.5.99.902-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic root=UUID=70b54611-981a-405a-842c-4b07b0840044 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 maxcpus=1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12 Tags: precise ubuntu reproducible Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 04/16/09 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MB52.88Z.0088.B05.0904162222 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-F22788AA dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag# dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F22788AA dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMB52.88Z.0088.B05.0904162222:bd04/16/09:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBook5,2:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F22788AA:rvr:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-F22788AA: dmi.product.name: MacBook5,2 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu4 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu8 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/416516/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
