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[ubuntu] MacBook 3,1 Trackpad Scrolling is WAY too sensitive.

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I have fixed my trackpad's crappy sensitivity using this and also this. While both of these problems are fixed, and the trackpad is much nicer now, there's one thing preventing me from calling it perfect. Trying to two finger click is horrendous now. Any time I try to place two fingers on the trackpad and click, it scrolls. That being said, I think the problem is just that the scrolling is too sensitive. How can I turn that sensitivity down? Ubuntu 12.04LTS MacBook 3,1 Thanks, CPCookieMan (Hardware)

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Submitted by colm on 08/26/2012

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