I have verified that with an updated evdev package but current xserver-xorg package there are no regressions nor changes. With an update xserver-xorg package with a fix for bug 628214 the Magic Trackpad is correctly grabbed by evdev instead of synaptics.
The fix has been pushed to:
git://git. debian. org/users/ corp186- guest/xserver- xorg-input- evdev.git ubuntu
The patch can be viewed at:
http:// git.debian. org/?p= users/corp186- guest/xserver- xorg-input- evdev.git; a=commitdiff; h=90fb6f288d32f 033bd8355d317c5 580b1c836775; hp=67f31ca65800 000ccbdfd64043d 0b41d5ad87e76
I have verified that with an updated evdev package but current xserver-xorg package there are no regressions nor changes. With an update xserver-xorg package with a fix for bug 628214 the Magic Trackpad is correctly grabbed by evdev instead of synaptics.