Opened 12 years ago
Last modified 6 years ago
#9403 new enhancement
Scrolling on MacBook Pro
| Reported by: | Dilbert2 | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | Unscheduled |
| Component: | Drivers/Input | Version: | R1/alpha4 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Platform: | All |
Description
Hi. I have booted Haiku from a CD on my 2010 MacBook Pro. It booted well. There is a few issues, though... No sound, no wifi and no touchpad scrolling. This bug report is about the scrolling. (Wifi and sound is another story.)
The touchpad works beautifully for moving the cursor across the screen. But when I read long websites like newspapers, I must use the up/down arrow keys, or drag the scrollbar on the right side of the screen. This is impractical for everyday use. I need two-finger scrolling.
Preferences - Touchpad gives a few options. But checking or unchecking the "two finger" box, makes no difference. I can`t use the touchpad to scroll at all.
Also, tapping doesnt work either. If you are not familiar with Macs, I`ll describe. It does not have mouse buttons. Only a huge touchpad, which is really good. You can do "mouse click" in two ways on a Mac: 1) gently "tap" the touchpad, or 2) press until you hear a click Option 2 works in Haiku, but 1 does not.
On a Mac touchpad, you can do a "right click" using two fingers. This also does not work in Haiku.
I really want to use Haiku on this aging Mac. It`s a lightweight os. But I can`t without a fully working touchpad. I sure hope you can fix this soon :-)
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Change History (10)
comment:1 by , 12 years ago
comment:2 by , 12 years ago
| Component: | Preferences/Touchpad → Drivers/Mouse |
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| Owner: | changed from to |
| Type: | bug → enhancement |
I don't see how this is classified as a bug, since it's clearly specialized hardware specific to Macs. Changing to enhancement.
comment:3 by , 6 years ago
| Component: | Drivers/Mouse → Drivers/Input |
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It's not clear whether this is a PS/2 or USB touchpad. Please attach a syslog.
comment:4 by , 6 years ago
Hi! It's been a while since I wrote that ticket, and I currently don't have access to that particular machine. However, I have booted Haiku on another Mac. This is a MacBook air from 2014. It booted into 8 bit color desktop, but I changed into 32 but graphics. Graphics works fine on this machine now. It does not have WiFi in Haiku, but that is another story...
Is there a command I can type in the terminal, to answer your question? If I type "syslog", it gives "command not found. Obviously, I love Haiku and computers in general, but I am not skilled.
comment:5 by , 6 years ago
Posting a syslog and then the output of "listusb" would be enough, probably.
comment:6 by , 6 years ago
Sorry for not posting a syslog. I don't know how to. Please describe, and I will try.
Also, sorry for the result of the listusb command being a photography. As I said, this Mac lacks WiFi in Haiku. I can't get data out of it.
comment:7 by , 6 years ago
You find the syslog at /system/var/logs/, see also the wiki.
Maybe try a USB stick for data export, as the syslog would take quite a few more photos... :)
by , 6 years ago
comment:9 by , 6 years ago
Syslog uploaded. Anything else I should do now?
Wait and see if someone picks up this ticket and asks for more info or tests. :)
I have an ordinary USB mouse connected to the Mac. The scroll wheel works well.