Hey Sam, I recently enabled the same thing on Ubuntu Intrepid using the vanilla synaptics touchpad drivers. Some key stuff has changed about the input system between versions, but this might still work for you.
First run "xinput list" to find the device id of your touchpad (mine was id=3). Then do "xinput list-props 3" and it should spit out all the config parameters of your touchpad. You should see one called "Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling" or some such, and it should be set to (0, 0) -- I assume that is vertical and horizontal. You can change these with: xinput set-int-prop 3 "Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling" 8 1 1 where you replace the "3" with your device number. Issue list-props again to see if it worked -- the two-finger scrolling setting should be (1,1) now. If it didn't, try replacing 8 with 16 or 32, as they are just bit-sizes for the following int parameters. Once list-props shows the setting correctly, you should be able to use two-finger scrolling immediately. HTH, -- Derek Monner Ph.D. Student & Graduate Assistant Department of Computer Science University of Maryland, College Park 301.405.2775 On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 2:37 AM, Sam Brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > I have spent quite some time trying to get Ubuntu Hardy Heron running > smoothly in a VM on a Macbook. I have tried this on both a white intel > macbook and solid state macbook air. My main issue is getting the trackpad > to function like it would in OS X (two-finger scrolling, double-tap for > r-click, etc). There is plenty of software/drivers out there to use fancy > gestures w/any synaptic touchpad in linux, so it shouldn't be such a problem > for me to just get some basic functionality. I have tried installing > appletouch drivers on both machines, to no avail. There are some missing > header files that I haven't been able to patch/workaround. Also tried > playing with the xorg.conf file, where you can set various attributes for a > mouse/touchpad, but saw no change after rebooting. I installed the VB Guest > Additions, which was enough to get Ubuntu running correctly in fullscreen, > but did nothing for the trackpad. I have tried building my own VM and > booting from a cd, and also just importing a pre-made image. Both attempts > lead to the same marginally functional VM. Any advice would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Sam > > >
