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Bohmian.org - Discussion - Getting the synaptics touchpad working in Jaunty - m
m joined January 13, 2008 (logged-in March 11, 2020) <beez> Bitching where bitching is due -- and often where it is not.
m
posted April 24, 2009
Ubuntu bug 337935 describes a problem experienced by users of newer
Apple laptops when installing or upgrading to
Jaunty Jackalope.
A proper fix requires some
kernel hacking, but the work around is relatively painless.
One need only add to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf the usbhid driver, and then add the bcm5974 on a line above usbhid in /etc/modules. This will prevent the usbhid driver from grabbing the synaptics touchpad before the proper bcm5974 driver has a chance.