I have a similar problem but on a MacBook 2,2. Everything was fine until I had the keyboard/mouse replaced, so I suspect although I have an older Mac that I am experiencing the same problem on new Macs. I found the following command fixes the problem:
xinput set-prop appletouch "Synaptics Finger" 9 15 100 The output from lsusb states: Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05ac:021a Apple, Inc. Internal Keyboard/Trackpad (ANSI) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416516 Title: Touchpad isn't sensitive enough on MacBook 5,2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/416516/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

