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
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