Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
Default synaptics settings not the best for Apple trackpads
Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
I am running Ubuntu on a Macbook Pro. The trackpad was working out-of-
the box, but it didn't run quite as smooth as it could. My palm
wouldn't be recognised while typing and when I would use two-finger
scrolling my two fingers would get recognised as three fingers here
and there (when they get to a poistion more parallel to the trackpad,
with the largest finger area touching it) which would cause quite a
few accidental clicks, windows misbehaves (as the 3-finger click and
drag somehow switches windows by default in ginn) etc.
As a result, I had to find out about synclient and the settings it
offers. This blog post helped me a lot
http://uselessuseofcat.com/?p=74
What proved to work for me is
- palm detection on
- MaxFinger 50
I set this by creating an /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-synaptics.conf with
the following contents:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "PalmDetect" "on"
Option "FingerHigh" "50"
EndSection
I think these (or close to these) settings should be set as the
default in Ubuntu for Macbook trackpads. If not, they should at least
be accessible in the mouse & touchpad menu in the control center to
save others from the same pains. Also, the sensitivity option in the
control center is not doing anything - only the acceleration slider
has any effect.
It would be great if Apple trackpads would be tweaked to work more
nicely in Ubuntu, as I think this is (with also maybe multi-monitor
handling and battery life) the only remaining big reason not to switch
from OS X to Ubuntu on Apple hardware. This is a problem many users
are facing, which can be seen from the 20 "thank you" comments on the
aforementioned blog post (I can only imagine how many other people
went back to their OS X without bothering to search tech blogs to
tweak their drivers). There are some nice projects out there, such as
Touchegg and Ginn, but even after playing with compiling the source,
Touchegg it is still very difficult to get running in Ubuntu. What I'm
trying to say is, there are recipes and separate projects out there
and it would be great if someone with a wider grasp of the
technologies involved collected the best parts and integrated them in
future Ubuntu packages. Especially now, that Ubuntu is spreading
towards other touch-aware devices such as tablets :)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.6.2-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 29 01:11:55 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-19 (70 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro8,1
MarkForUpload: True
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-21-generic
root=UUID=a6e1c62c-32e8-473f-8813-2ca9ad27b059 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/24/12
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP81.88Z.0047.B27.1201241646
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
dmi.board.name: Mac-94245B3640C91C81
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: MacBookPro8,1
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-94245B3640C91C81
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP81.88Z.0047.B27.1201241646:bd01/24/12:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro8,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-94245B3640C91C81:rvrMacBookPro8,1:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-94245B3640C91C81:
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro8,1
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3412-0ubuntu0.1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3
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