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Making Synaptics Palm Detection Work Under Ubuntu 11.04
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Mar 15, 20266334 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I'm currently using a MacBook Pro (5,5) with Ubuntu 11.04. Everything works great except palm detection with the Synaptics driver. If I use the "multitouch" driver, palm detection works great. In the past this is what I've done but the multitouch driver won't turn off the trackpad while typing and,…
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Fix for: Making Synaptics Palm Detection Work Under Ubuntu 11.04
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On my old Thinkpad (T61P), I never had a problem. On my new T420 with Ubuntu Natty, I've not been satisfied with Palm Detection (my thumb always hits the touchpad while using the trackpoint or typing even though I've set the touchpad to disable whil…
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