MacBuild Troubleshooting

MacBook

Touchpad

Intel MacBook touchpad's seem to be a little touchy by default. Usually, the sensitivity can be modified through Xubuntu's System, although it doesn't always have the desired effect. An alternative is to set the touchpad parameters directly through the Synaptics input driver. Run the following script (as root):

 #!/bin/sh

 # Check if root
 if [ ! $(id -u) -eq 0 ] ; then

echo "ERROR: You must run this script as root!" exit 2

 fi

 echo 'Modifying touchpad sensitivity...'

 cat << EOF > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90macbook-touchpad
 #!/bin/sh
 # Synaptics parameters to improve touchpad performance on Macbooks
 synclient FingerLow=10
 synclient FingerHigh=20
 EOF

 chmod a+x /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90macbook-touchpad 

 echo '... Done!  Please log out and log back in to enact changes.'

This will adjust the touchpad's parameters for all users, including new ones that are added to the system.