I think most people (at least myself) have moved beyond a mactel with linux, which may explain inactivity. I still think it's an outstanding issue, but I have no way of testing it.
Blaine On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Richard Cavell, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been > any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an > issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development > release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . > > If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in > the development release from a Terminal > (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather > and attach updated debug information to this report: > > apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-input-synaptics REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER > > Please note, given that the information from the prior release is > already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one > would not be helpful. > > Thank you for your understanding. > > Helpful bug reporting tips: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs > > ** Project changed: linux => xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) > > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381884 > > Title: > Appletouch touchpad driver produces jumpy two-fingered scrolling > > Status in Mactel Support: > New > Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics > > My system is: Linux richard-laptop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP > Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux. However, this issue > applies to at least Intrepid and Jaunty, 32 and 64 bit, running on > Apple Mac hardware that uses an Appletouch touchpad. It has also been > reported in the Gentoo and Debian forums. > > From what I can find on the Net, the Appletouch touchpad was first > used in February 2005 for the G4 aluminium PowerBook, and last used > for the Macbook Pro in its 3rd generation, then 4th generation Intel > Macbook in early 2008. > > The issue is with two-fingered scrolling. The Appletouch features the > ability to detect two (or three) touches. OS X uses this feature to > enable scrolling, similar to a scrollwheel on a mouse. > > The synaptics driver causes the simulated scrollwheel to start moving > as soon as one places a second finger on the touchpad. That is to > say, placing a second finger causes the trackpad driver to deliver > scrolling signals, which means that attempts at vertical scrolling > feels jumpy, or over sensitive. > > There was an update to the OS X driver that fixed this situation for > Apple. I guess that it detects the second finger and programmatically > ignores the first few scrollticks, thereby 'deadening' the output. > This is what we need. > > The synaptics driver allows for some modification, but not for > multitouch input. This needs to be fixed at source code level. > > Richard > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/381884/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381884 Title: Appletouch touchpad driver produces jumpy two-fingered scrolling To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/381884/+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
