It's possible that the installer fails to recognize this MacBook as a laptop, and therefore does not install the synaptics driver. The bug must then be reassigned to another package, I would suggest "ubiquity" for a first shot.
I am not sure which mechanism is used nowadays, but can you anyway try: laptop-detect && echo yes and see if it returns "yes" ? -- Touchpad does not work on MacBookPro4,1 in Jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/336523 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mactel Support, which is the registrant for Mactel Support. Status in Mactel Support: New Status in “xfree86-driver-synaptics” source package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: xfree86-driver-synaptics Expected Function: Touchpad controls mouse pointer location (at least) in xorg. What happened: After installation of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty, the touchpad on my MacBookPro4,1 is not functional within xorg. (It works fine in the console with gpm installed). This touchpad uses the bcm5974 driver (loaded). Using Ubuntu Jaunty, up-to-date as of 3/1/2009. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
