Screen flicker and trackpad issues on macbook pro 8 2

aChipmunk · 2011-10-18 00:42:44

Hi I have a macbook pro (8,2) 15 inch with a high rez anti glare display. The display stared to flicker after living my computer open in arch for about 30 min. I tried rebooting and it even started happening in the boot screen and in mac os x. The last thing I did before it happened was setup pommed in arch and leve my computer open.

Also this has sort of been asked but my question is a little different. I am trying to set up my multitouch trackpad. I installed mtrack from the aur but changing the settings does nothing. What I want to accomplish is this. 1) I want to right click by clicking (not tapping) with one finger in the button right corner of my trackpad. 2) I need to disable tap to click!!!! 3) I want to be able to click the trackpad with my thump and use my index finger to drag instead of only my thumb. for example I want to click on a window border with my thumb and move it around with my index finger while holding down my thumb.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

aChipmunk · 2011-10-30 20:45:19

I foud a fix to the screen flicker. I just need to install catalyst instead of xf86-video-ati. Any help for the trackpad would be very helpful.

aChipmunk · 2011-11-10 03:42:51

Does anybody know how to get his to work? Anything would be very helpful.

Last edited by aChipmunk (2011-11-15 03:02:01)

aChipmunk · 2011-12-23 17:53:25

I finely fixed my trackpad. I took all the files from xorg.conf.d and put them into one xorg.conf I removed all trackpad/mouse drivers except for mtrack. Then i set IgnoreThumb to true and disabled anything to do with tap to click.

Trilby · 2011-12-23 18:50:02

Glad you figured it out. Sorry to see no one else chimed in.

I have arch on a macbook as well. I have never seen a need for the many elaborate packages which claim to make these things work. If they're working then stick with it - but if you need another option, I've had great luck with simply properly configuring synaptics:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics

Arch Linux

#1 2011-10-18 00:42:44

Screen flicker and trackpad issues on macbook pro 8 2

#2 2011-10-30 20:45:19

Re: Screen flicker and trackpad issues on macbook pro 8 2

#3 2011-11-10 03:42:51

Re: Screen flicker and trackpad issues on macbook pro 8 2

#4 2011-12-23 17:53:25

Re: Screen flicker and trackpad issues on macbook pro 8 2

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