The patch to this bug has transformed slightly on its way upstream; These three patches from Andrew's -mm tree is the latest version of the fix for this bug:
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.27-rc5/2.6.27-rc5-mm1 /broken-out/bcm5974-064-minor-cleanups-for-scripts-checkpatchpl.patch http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.27-rc5/2.6.27-rc5-mm1 /broken-out/bcm5974-064-finger-tracking-and-counting-improved- further.patch http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.27-rc5/2.6.27-rc5-mm1 /broken-out/bcm5974-063-btn_touch-event-added-for-mousedev.patch (and yes, the 0.63 one should be applied last) ** Changed in: mactel-support Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Changed in: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- Intrepid: Mouse pointer frozen by default on bcm5974-based macbooks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263451 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mactel Support, which is the registrant for Mactel Support. Status in Mactel Support: Fix Committed Status in “linux-meta” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: Binary package hint: linux-image Tested on Intrepid Daily Live i386 CD, 31AUG2008: Starting up the CD on a Macbook Air or Macbook Pro Penryn, both of which use the bcm5974 trackpad driver, the mouse pointer is initially frozen. The reason is that the bcm5974 driver only mimics a synaptics touchpad, not a mouse. After configuring the synaptics driver everything is fine, but the default behavior is simply not going to work well for first time users. The suggested remedy is to add a second, default, configuration to the bcm5974 driver, where it works as a multi-button mouse, using multi-finger options. This will give several benefits: * The default Xorg configuration will pick up the mouse input interface, resulting in a functional mouse pointer. * Multi-scroll will work without the need to configure the synaptics driver. * Multi-finger button emulation, which currently only exists in the mactel version of the synaptics driver, will work out-of-the-box. Basically, unless multi-finger-tapping is wanted, no reconfiguration of Xorg or bcm5974 will be necessary. A patch will be submitted shortly. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
