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[Jim Rorie <jfrorie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tapping and two finger scroll/context menu appear to be working as of
Karmic Alpha 6.  Both features are accessible in default install and
controllable under preferences.  Two things of note:

1) Hal policy file values for FingerLow and FingerHigh appear to be
ignored. My touchpad will track my fingers 3mm above the surface.  Very
difficult to use.

2)  The sensitivity slider appears to work backwards.  More sensitivity
appears to slow the cursor down.

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[Jaunty] MacBook 5.1 touchpad not fully supported
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337935
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Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): New
Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed
Status in Mactel Support: Triaged
Status in XOrg-Driver-Synaptics - synaptics driver for XOrg: Invalid
Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
Binary package hint: xorg

The touchpad for MacBook 5.1 is not supported completely in Jaunty (Ubuntu 9.04) as of Alpha 5 release. The pointer can move, and a physical left-click works, but that's it. I can not get tapping to respond as I could using the Mactel PPA packages with Intrepid (Ubuntu 8.10). I added the attached FDI policy file for the touchpad, and manually added the module bcm5974 to my /etc/modules file, however, Xorg is not loading or is not recognizing the touchpad policies. This file worked on Intrepid. The custom bcm5974-dkms package from the Mactel PPA provided support in Intrepid.