FS#34725 - wobbly cursor motion on macbook 3,1

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Aaron Webster (aaronwebster) - Thursday, 11 April 2013, 00:41 GMT
Last edited by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Monday, 06 May 2013, 18:37 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
The default settings under XFCE using the appletouch driver render the touchpad motion on a macbook 3,1 almost unusable. It's almost as if the cursor is incapable of traveling diagonally. I've attached an image as an example of the motion.

Additional info:
Linux 3.8.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT x86_64 GNU/Linux
XFCE 4.10

Steps to reproduce:
1. Use XFCE4 on a macbook 3,1
2. Observe wonky motion
   synclient (1.9 KiB)
   appletouchcursormotion.png (3.6 KiB)
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Closed by  Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera)
Monday, 06 May 2013, 18:37 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Comment by Oleg (moonman) - Friday, 12 April 2013, 13:07 GMT
AFAIK it's just the way the driver is. I've had this problem forever with my macbook pro 2,1 with any linux distro. It works (almost) flawlessly under osx though. And i say almost because i specifically tested it, and this problem is still there, just not as much to notice. Its as though under osx the resolution of trackpad is increased.

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