Just a massive thank you to gwjvan for that step-by-step guide. It's worked perfectly for my MacBook2,1.
Makes the trackpad workable now.
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Just a massive thank you to gwjvan for that step-by-step guide. It's worked perfectly for my MacBook2,1.
Makes the trackpad workable now.
not working to well. my powerbook g4 hates the commands
the raw appletouch.c file you say to download doesn't even have the #define ATP_FUZZ
or the other line that needs to be edited i understand this thread is old but for someone that is still somewhat new to linux your tutorial is crazy as **** to understand so i need to know when you edit those lines is it in the old appletouch.c file the new raw appletouch file or the one that comes with the make file, and the folder /appletouch, you place it in the home folder with the downloads and music folders?
i just need help the cursor moving in steps is unbearable and a major pita to move over links on forums and websites
when i try to compile it terminal tells me no such file or directory it ends with some code and says error 2
Worked very well for me. Thank you gwjvan!
Wow! This worked fantastic, thank you gwjvan! I use a macbook 2,1 running Ubuntu 12.04 and it works great, I also want to point out I use synaptics touchpad manager as well and have no problems with it using this config. Yay for smooth mouse control!
You use the one from the ubuntu kernel tree, not from the download with the make file. Also, if you are using 12.10, you will need to download the raw appletouch.c file associated with Ubuntu 12.10 listed here:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubunt...rs/input/mouse
Thanks Gwjvan, your solution definitely improves things. Has anyone done any more experimenting with different values in appletouch.c? It's better now but still not as good as windows or osx on the same machine. (2008 macbook)
Sorry for the bump, but I feel like this is a worthy contribution to a problem people still deal with, even more so now that OSX has abandoned us older MacBook users on Lion or Snow Leopard and we start to yearn for a current operating system.
I would happen to have done a bit of experimenting with the settings. It would seem that setting fuzz to 1 and threshold to 2 calms down the jumpiness a bit.
Using it now. Silky smooth. Thanks guys!
Hi everybody):P
I'm trying to have a touchpad in my macbook 4.1 core2duo work well but i understand how i do this?excuse me if my language is not very comprehensible im french a i practice english language very bad.In the moment i'm on debian wheezy and the touchpad is a big problem to have a comfortable use .there a video to my best config :lolflag:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvFU6MZ5574
I really want to use an linux distro for a personnal use but at the moment it's disagradable.
And the how to in this post is not very clear for me,anybody can help me please?
I know how to fix the problem of the cursor moving in "steps." I've been running Ubuntu 12.04 on my 2011 Macbook Pro for about a year now and have not been able to configure the trackpad to my liking. When I click (not tap) the trackpad my cursor moves. That's it. Often I end up highlighting things instead of clicking them because the trackpad senses the movement. I've yet to get this worked out. (if anyone has any ideas, let me know! FingerHigh and FingerLow synclient settings help, but don't fix the issue)
Anyway, while doing so I accidentally made my cursor move in steps. Here's how to change the settings.
Open a terminal and type "synclient -l" to bring up a list of current touchpad settings.
Look at your values for HorizHysteresis and VertHysteresis. My current values are 30 and 60, which gives some resistance to diagonal movement. I'm guessing your values are too high and all you need to do is lower them. Here's how
In terminal type
synclient HorizHysteresis=20 and hit enter
Then type
synclient VertHysteresis=30 and hit enter.
That should do it.
Hi thx to post your synclient config
ived mesured the touchpad of my mac and i have adapted with it's mesure and work better but not perfect. is moving with a better resolution but always move with a little motion like little stairs and not big stairs ah aha ah! i think it's the way to have a solution:popcorn: