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hobs0n

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From: Muppsala, Schweden

Registered: 2023-11-05

Posts: 8

I can´t get more "mouse buttons" on my Macbook + touchpad questions

Hello there!

I just registered here after running Manjaro with XFCE for a week or so.

I´m trying to get more mouse buttons or get the touchpad to work similar as it worked in OsX.
I´ve searched for answers but haven´t really found anything that I can understand since I´m pretty newbish to Linux in general

This guide doesnt help me since I dont understand how to translate it to pacman from of apt.

Can you help me or pass me to guides that fits a newbie like me and Manjaro XFCE?

Thanks

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eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 528

Re: I can´t get more "mouse buttons" on my Macbook + touchpad questions

I'm not that familiar with Manjaro but I would search it's repos before I tried to build it.

pamac search mtrack

There is likely something in the Arch Wiki as well

Edit: I found this:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/MacBookPro8,x

Last edited by eriefisher (2023-11-05 20:25:41)

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hobs0n

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From: Muppsala, Schweden

Registered: 2023-11-05

Posts: 8

Re: I can´t get more "mouse buttons" on my Macbook + touchpad questions

Ah thanks, I found something similar:

"xf86-input-mtrack-git  0.5.1.r1.g247a824-1                                                                            AUR
    A multitouch X driver using the kernel MT protocol
xf86-input-mtrack  0.5.1-2                                                                                            AUR
    An Xorg driver for multitouch trackpads and clickpads"

But I dont know which one to install and should I uninstall the default ones first?

BTW, why does the XFCE mouse document tell me to use "xinput" which my Manjaro install doesnt seem to have?

I'm not that familiar with Manjaro but I would search it's repos before I tried to build it.

pamac search mtrack

There is likely something in the Arch Wiki as well

Edit: I found this:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/MacBookPro8,x

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I like to play with my daughter and her friends, spank pandas and climb in trees

Macbook Pro 2012, Intel crap, 8GB RAM, Manjaro and XFCE

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 528

Re: I can´t get more "mouse buttons" on my Macbook + touchpad questions

I have to reiterate here, I would stick with the default repos that come with Manjaro. The AUR repo is the Arch User Repo. Built be the community. No guarantees it will work.

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