tkc Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 ok i know this is a minor problem, but i would like to get my trackpad working fully in normal/x86pc mode. now i can only use it to move the cursor around, but can't use tapping for left clicks and double clicks. i'll have to use the left trackpad button which is quite troublesome. the weird part is i got the tapping working in one session in normal/x86pc mode, while i was trying to patch some audio/hdd kext i think. then i decided to go into safe mode to see whether tapping works and it does work. any ideas? thanks. edit: i realised i forgot to add in the scroller buttons lol. anyway, these buttons simply help u scroll, ie press and hold to scroll up/down. not working in normal/x86pc mode. didn't try in safe mode though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy4life Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 ok i know this is a minor problem, but i would like to get my trackpad working fully in normal/x86pc mode. now i can only use it to move the cursor around, but can't use tapping for left clicks and double clicks. i'll have to use the left trackpad button which is quite troublesome. the weird part is i got the tapping working in one session in normal/x86pc mode, while i was trying to patch some audio/hdd kext i think. then i decided to go into safe mode to see whether tapping works and it does work. any ideas? thanks. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'd like to know how to get this to work too... problem is im using a dell laptop... and the drivers are only for windows... my friend got his trackpad working completely... by default... as soon as he installed it... a kext called "ApplePS2TrackPad" or something loads when he is starting osx... i tried to use "kextload" to load it... but it didnt do anything. anyone have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkc Posted August 30, 2005 Author Share Posted August 30, 2005 yeah i tried loading that kext but it didn't work either. now i'm wondering if we can install this proggy for it to work: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/driv...usedscroll.html for that matter i wonder if we can install the other software listed there. looks like there's wireless, sound drivers etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy4life Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 yeah i tried loading that kext but it didn't work either. now i'm wondering if we can install this proggy for it to work: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/driv...usedscroll.htmlfor that matter i wonder if we can install the other software listed there. looks like there's wireless, sound drivers etc. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> just tried to install it... i got "This software cannot be installed on this computer"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy4life Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 edit: double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy4life Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 okay an update... this is gonna sound crazy but.. i got it installed... all i did was copy the FFScroll.pkg to my desktop then i right clicked and went to "show package contents" then i removed the file called "InstallationCheck", and then i just re-opened the FFScroll.pkg and it installed..... normally. the problem is though........... it doesnt work!.. i go to load it in system prefrences and i get: "Could not load FFScroll" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 It wont work, even with real Mac, only with ones that have the exactly model of the trackpad used in the new PowerBooks. I Have a 12" PowerBook and it doesn't work. Edit: Maybe with extra tweaks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TA_Superman Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Arent Powerbook trackpads based on Synaptic while yours may be an ALPS trackpad. Therefore you'd have to write a kext for ALPS trackpad kext in order to get their features to work. All these applications that give more functionality for OS X PPC will not work for OS x86 since they use PPC instructions and drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkc Posted August 31, 2005 Author Share Posted August 31, 2005 oh and i just found out that the cursor will occasionally freeze and be stuck at a location and render the trackpad useless. reloading the kext will allow the trackpad to work again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perium Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Has anyone worked on this at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 yeah i'd really like to see some udpates on this...even though i'm using an ALPS touchpad and not a synaptics one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caronte Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 The ALPS touchpad seems to be recognized by the System, but when you try to click something it gets nuts and starts pointing a clicking anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kj666k Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 same problem here.but during my 1st boot tapping worked just fine.after rebooting thou i got a black screen and blinking cursor.But it boots with a dvd.but the tapping dont work no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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