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mtrack config Macbook Air 16.04
# Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver
# to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on
# InputClass.
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
# it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
# Additional options may be added in the form of
# Option "OptionName" "value"
#
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
# This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
# enabled by default. See the following link for details:
# http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchOS "Linux"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
Option "Ignore" "on"
EndSection
# This option enables the bottom right corner to be a right button on clickpads
# and the right and middle top areas to be right / middle buttons on clickpads
# with a top button area.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
MatchDriver "synaptics"
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
Option "SecondarySoftButtonAreas" "58% 0 0 15% 42% 58% 0 15%"
EndSection
# This option disables software buttons on Apple touchpads.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Disable clickpad buttons on Apple touchpads"
MatchProduct "Apple|bcm5974"
MatchDriver "synaptics"
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Identifier "Touchpads"
Driver "mtrack"
Option "Sensitivity" "0.82"
Option "FingerHigh" "6"
Option "FingerLow" "5"
Option "IgnoreThumb" "true"
Option "IgnorePalm" "true"
Option "TapButton1" "0"
Option "TapButton2" "0"
Option "TapButton3" "0"
Option "TapButton4" "0"
Option "ClickFinger1" "1"
Option "ClickFinger2" "2"
Option "ClickFinger3" "3"
Option "ButtonMoveEmulate" "false"
Option "ButtonIntegrated" "true"
Option "ClickTime" "25"
Option "BottomEdge" "25"
Option "SwipeLeftButton" "8"
Option "SwipeRightButton" "9"
Option "SwipeUpButton" "0"
Option "SwipeDownButton" "0"
Option "ScrollDistance" "150"
Option "ScrollUpButton" "5"
Option "ScrollDownButton" "4"
Option "ConstantDeceleration" "2.0" # Decelerate endspeed
Option "AdaptiveDeceleration" "2.0" # Decelerate slow movements
EndSection
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ahoarau commented Apr 27, 2017

sudo apt remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-mtrack
sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-mtrack.conf
xserver-xorg-input-evdev

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ahoarau commented Dec 13, 2017


Section "InputClass"
	MatchIsTouchpad "true"
	Identifier "Multitouch Touchpad"
	Driver "mtrack"
	Option          "Sensitivity" "0.83"
        Option          "FingerHigh" "6"
        Option          "FingerLow" "5"
        Option          "IgnoreThumb" "true"
        Option          "IgnorePalm" "true"
        Option          "TapButton1" "0"
        Option          "TapButton2" "0"
        Option          "TapButton3" "0"
        Option          "TapButton4" "0"
        Option          "ClickFinger1" "1"
        Option          "ClickFinger2" "2"
        Option          "ClickFinger3" "3"
        Option          "ButtonMoveEmulate" "false"
        Option          "ButtonIntegrated" "true"
        Option          "ClickTime" "25"
        Option          "BottomEdge" "25"
        Option          "SwipeLeftButton" "8"
        Option          "SwipeRightButton" "9"
        Option          "SwipeUpButton" "0"
        Option          "SwipeDownButton" "0"
        Option          "ScrollDistance" "150"
        Option          "ScrollUpButton" "5"
        Option          "ScrollDownButton" "4"
	Option          "ConstantDeceleration" "2.0" # Decelerate endspeed
	Option          "AdaptiveDeceleration" "2.0" # Decelerate slow movements
EndSection

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sudo apt remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-mtrack sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-mtrack.conf xserver-xorg-input-evdev

Removing synaptics caused me more problems than enabling it. Would one override other setting if both are installed ? I use above setting.

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