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panecillo

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From: Spain

Registered: 2007-07-21

Posts: 44

Apple Magic Trackpad questions

Hello,

I bought yesterday a Magic Trackpad from Apple, after reading it was supported in 2.6.37. Pairing it with my Bluetooth USB dongle was quite easy using blueman-applet, and I read on several webpages that 'synaptics' driver was working with the trackpad, so I copied the lines from this post to my xorg.conf:

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "Magic Trackpad"
        MatchUSBID "05ac:030e"
        Driver "synaptics"
        Option "SHMConfig" "On"
EndSection

The problem I'm facing is that Xorg.0.log show the following suspecting error:

[   178.543] (EE) Query no Synaptics: 6003C8
[   178.543] (--) Apple Wireless Trackpad: no supported touchpad found
[   178.543] (EE) Apple Wireless Trackpad Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware.
[   178.586] (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Apple Wireless Trackpad"
[   178.586] (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"

(You can see almost complete Xorg.0.log here)

However I can use the trackpad with its basic features (moving the cursor around and clicking). I can even change trackpad settings with gsynaptics with no problems at all, and enable advanced features such as tap to click and two finger scrolling.

I use the the latest version of package xf86-input-synaptics, 1.3.0-2.

Did anyone have this issue with Magic Trackpad? Am I dong something wrong?

eDio

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From: Ukraine, Kyiv

Registered: 2008-12-02

Posts: 422

Re: Apple Magic Trackpad questions

Are you experiencing any serious issues with this trackpad in arch?

I'm going to buy one (looks, like I've got RSI ­— working with mouse causes strong pain in my hand).

Thanks.

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hotweiss

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From: Warsaw, Poland

Registered: 2011-08-21

Posts: 26

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Re: Apple Magic Trackpad questions

See if this helps you out:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch/AppleMagicTrackpad

murray

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Registered: 2011-10-20

Posts: 1

Re: Apple Magic Trackpad questions

Unlike you, I'm getting no response from my Magic Trackpad!  Does anyone have any suggestions?  Already added the aforementioned "InputClass" block in my xorg.conf.  I'm using bluez with blueman and everything looks like it's connecting properly.  Blueman-manager successfully detects, pairs, trusts, and SAYS it's connecting to my input service.  Also, the data activity icons are doing their thing (no other bluetooth devices connected to this laptop).  The yellow activity icon even starts blinking when I twiddle my fingers across the trackpad.

Here's what happens in my Xorg.0.log when I open up blueman-manager:

[    50.749] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Apple Wireless Trackpad (/dev/input/event17)
[    50.749] (**) Apple Wireless Trackpad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
[    50.749] (**) Apple Wireless Trackpad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
[    50.749] (**) Apple Wireless Trackpad: Applying InputClass "Magic Trackpad"
[    50.749] (**) Apple Wireless Trackpad: Applying InputClass "Magic Trackpad"
[    50.749] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'Apple Wireless Trackpad'
[    50.749] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[    50.749] (**) Apple Wireless Trackpad: always reports core events
[    50.749] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event17"
[    50.856] (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/event17
        No such file or directory.
[    50.856] (EE) synaptics: Apple Wireless Trackpad: Synaptics driver unable to open device
[    50.856] (EE) PreInit returned 11 for "Apple Wireless Trackpad"
[    50.856] (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
[    50.856] (II) Unloading synaptics

Let me know if you'd like more information!

eDio

Member

From: Ukraine, Kyiv

Registered: 2008-12-02

Posts: 422

Re: Apple Magic Trackpad questions

murray, I've just found you have the same issue I have
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129447

Have you succeed in solving this?

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