MacBook Pro touchpad too sensitive

[Toni Hermoso Pulido]

Since the last kernel, touchpad (with appletouch module I suppose) seems to work out of the box. However it's too sensible, and you click accidentally when you do not actually want to do it. I have tried to follow https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MacBookPro , but the parametes appear to be ignored. gsynaptics do not work, since it complains SHMConfig is not enable (despite it is).
I attach a xorg.conf file.
Any idea if this may be finetuned somehow?

[Toni Hermoso Pulido (toniher)]

It seems to be working nice since last update (no idea how to adjust parameters, however)
I update a xorg.conf file without an extra synaptic section.

The input section I'm actually using for the mouse is:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Configured Mouse"
        Driver "mouse"
        Option "CorePointer"
        Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
        Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
        Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

I tried to change the driver (Synaptics) but it did not work.

[GNUdental (launchpad-gnosys)]

me too... just like he said...

[GNUdental (launchpad-gnosys)]

sorry, i should've added:

MBP, post-release-feisty 7.04 from amd64 cd.

kernel: 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP

[markba (mark-baaijens)]

I can confirm this on kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (Feisty final).
Touchpad worked well in Edgy.

[markba (mark-baaijens)]

Laptop is HP Pavillion zv5000

[FrejSoya (frej)]

try:
syndaemon -i 0.1 -K -t
Just tried it... disables touchpad for 0.1 second when typing... Check man syndaemon. I'll follow up if it works :)

Maybe this should run by default until the driver is fixed?

[oss_test_launchpad (oss-test-launchpad)]

Testing with Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 4 fully updated, the touchpad does not work at all.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

please test alpha5 + updates.

[oss_test_launchpad (oss-test-launchpad)]

Works now, but not well. At the moment it is too little sensitive. Would that be a new bug, or is that the result of your effort to fix above mentioned bug?

[spbrereton (simon-brereton)]

MacBook Pro 2.2 running Karmic

What annoys me is that no matter how much I move the slider for sensitivity in gSnaptics the marker is always in the same place when I come back. Typing is a nightmare because the cursor constantly shifts..

[Ahmed Shams (ashams)]

Hello Everybody,
Sadly we not always have capacity to work on bugs on timely manner and since this bug is really old, we need to check if that bug still exist in any of the currently-supported releases of Ubuntu, please open Terminal(Ctrl+Alt+T), then enter the following command:
sudo apport-collect 94055

Many Thanks.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.