** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Intrepid: Mouse pointer frozen by default on bcm5974-based macbooks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263451
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Status in Mactel Support: Fix Committed
Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: New
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.
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