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Mint 17.1: touchpad does not work on 2008 Macbook

Bug #1438544 reported by deutrino
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Bug Description

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED

Right from the start on the Mint 17.1 64-bit live CD, the touchpad on a 2008 Macbook (white plastic, 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo) does not work.

Following a tip found at http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=180235 I managed to open a terminal and execute 'synclient FingerLow=1; synclient FingerHigh=10'. This "works" in that it enables the trackpad but it appears to be very sensitive and receive clicks sometimes when the machine is bumped.

WHAT I EXPECT TO HAPPEN

The trackpad should work out of the box and not be sensitive or act strangely.

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deutrino (deutrino) wrote :

This is still a problem in 17.2.

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deutrino (deutrino) wrote :

This is still a problem in 17.3. synclient does not work out of the box on a computer that has been around for quite some time.

* MacBook4,1 - Early 2008 white plastic MacBook, Core 2 Duo T8100 2.1GHz, Intel GMA X3100
* Linux macbook 4.2.0-19-generic #23~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 12 12:33:30 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
* Mint 17.3
* Cinnamon 2.8.6+rosa amd64, mdm 2.0.7+rosa amd64

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deutrino (deutrino) wrote :

See also: #1253766

There are some forum posts and threads on Synaptics touchpad settings issues. This problem (incorrect out-of-box defaults) exists on a number of machines, not just Macbooks.

* https://unlockforus.com/linux-mint-on-macbook-white-41-late-2007-touchpad-tuning/
* https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=201658

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