appletouch does not function properly on 2nd gen macbook

[Zach]

Binary package hint: linux-image-generic

Appletouch does not function properly on 7.04 beta on 2nd gen macbook (core 2 duo).

Trackpad is extremely slow. removing and reinserting appletouch improves sensitivity, but the trackpad is flaky, sometimes registering movement, sometimes not.

In addition advanced features such as scrolling, tap-and-hold to drag, two-finger tap to right click, etc do not work. I can't recall about tap-to-click.

[Steffen Röcker (sroecker)]

I can confirm this. Still doesn't work very well in Hardy with a Macbook1,1.
There is no easy way to configure it, this should be adressed in #140602.

[Ferdinand Hagethorn (ferdinand-hagethorn)]

appletouch worked fine on my macbook 1.1 with intrepid, as of the update i ran last night i'm experiencing the same problems as listed above. reloading the appletouch module does not increase the speed however. clicking, scrolling and dragging without using the button does not work either/

[John Clemens (clemej)]

Also can confirm this. It happened after I upgraded to the 2.6.27-1 kernel (note I'm -very happy- with that decision, as I get KVM swapping ability and the ath9k driver.. this is the only problem I'm experiencing.). xorg was also upgraded at the same time, I believe, so it could also be that. Definite regression.

My mouse, which was working fine without tweaking before the move to 2.6.27-1, now moves glacially slow, and I lost the ability to two-finger and three-finger tap to middle and right click.

Adding the Option "MinSpeed" "0.4" line to /etc/xorg.conf seems to fix/help with the speed problem (the same might be achievable with 'gsynaptics', which I think changes the same value). But I have not found anything that enables tapping again. My xorg.conf is attached.

How is the "MinSpeed" option normally set, and what could be changed?

I'd cut and paste my exact versions of packages, but I have no middle mouse button anymore.

linux-image-generic 2.6.27.1.1
xorg-xserver 1:7.4~1ubuntu1
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 0.15.0+git20080820-1ubuntu1

[John Clemens (clemej)]

I'm confused as to how to set this bug to be on the 'Intrepid Ibex' radar screen, since the original bug was reported a year ago I'm afraid it's not on the Intrepid list to fix, and it needs to be.

Also, this is on a macbook pro core2duo, using the applethouch kernel driver with the synaptics xorg driver.

[John Clemens (clemej)]

As of the latest kernel update in Intrepid, 2.6.27-2, I'm ablw to 2 and 3 finger tap again, so I'll assume tht something was fixed in the driver between then and now, although nothing jumped out at me in the changelog.

Ferdinand, is your problem fixed as well? if so I think you can close this bug at least in relation to Intrepid.

[Kieran Hogg (xerosis)]

With the latest set of updated in Intrepid, the speed remaining speed issue has been sorted so it looks like this bug is fixed now.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

This is not a bug in the linux-meta package, moving to the linux package.

[Przemek K. (azrael)]

I'm marking this as fixed based on Kieran's last comment.
I also have a Macbook v2 and I don't have the issue described in this bug in Karmic Koala.