Bug#495799: Does not use synaptics driver for MacBook Pro touchpad

[Timo Aaltonen <tjaalton@cc.hut.fi>]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Matt Kraai wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> Version: 0.14.7~git20070706-2.1.lenny1
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
>
> The synaptics driver isn't used for the touchpad on my MacBook Pro.  I
> wish it was.
>
> Here's the lshal output for the touchpad:

Hi. That's the wrong device, it should have info.capabilities .. touchpad 
in it. That said, can you try this fdi file:

http://users.tkk.fi/~tjaalton/dpkg/10-synaptics.fdi

it contains a couple of settings one ubuntu user asked for (to make the 
apple trackpads behave like on osx), but you can delete them if you like.


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