Unfortunately the bcm5974-dkms PPA module is delivered as full text source, not as a patch against some underlying kernel source. So when comparing that file to the one in the current kernel, and as I don't know the common ancestor, I don't know which modifications were introduced in the kernel since then, and which were deliberate for the dkms module. Looking at the kernel git history, I get the impression that both drivers include the same kind of features, although not in the same wording. Therefore the kernel driver seems recent enough to me.
I just found out that by simply adjusting some settings using synclient, I could get tapping to work. So it seems that the default config simply doesn't provide OS-X-like behaviour, and that furthermore the settings from my own fdi file weren't used for some reason. Investigating that now... -- [Jaunty] MacBook 5.1 touchpad not fully supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mactel Support, which is the registrant for Mactel Support. Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): New Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in Mactel Support: Triaged Status in XOrg-Driver-Synaptics - synaptics driver for XOrg: Invalid Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: xorg The touchpad for MacBook 5.1 is not supported completely in Jaunty (Ubuntu 9.04) as of Alpha 5 release. The pointer can move, and a physical left-click works, but that's it. I can not get tapping to respond as I could using the Mactel PPA packages with Intrepid (Ubuntu 8.10). I added the attached FDI policy file for the touchpad, and manually added the module bcm5974 to my /etc/modules file, however, Xorg is not loading or is not recognizing the touchpad policies. This file worked on Intrepid. The custom bcm5974-dkms package from the Mactel PPA provided support in Intrepid. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
