Hi Clint, The mtrack driver is not well maintained (and not maintained at freedesktop.org like the other drivers) so it is not something we want to include in -input-all. For this hardware we recommend using the -synaptics driver, which is better maintained.
That said, despite the maintenance problems mtrack does have a few features that -synaptics lacks currently, so we're ok leaving it in the repositories for users to optionally install at their discretion. However, since -mtrack is maintained separately from the rest of the X stack, when we update the X stack it will need to be updated as well, and may fail to build until then, so if it's mentioned in your xorg.conf your system may fail to boot properly; this is probably the root cause of the issue you encountered. Robert mentioned the driver is building now so perhaps the problem has resolved itself. Ultimately, whatever features -mtrack provides need to be incorporated into either the -evdev or -synaptics driver. ** Changed in: xf86-input-mtrack (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xf86-input-mtrack in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/921941 Title: No way for user to know that mtrack module is needed on upgrade to latest xorg with Apple trackpad To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xf86-input-mtrack/+bug/921941/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp