Magic Trackpad 2 with Xorg

Not quite happy with the solution described in my original post, I took another look at the problem and found:

1. Xorg defaults to the libinput driver (just like Wayland), not the synaptics driver.
2. The libinput driver complained about a parse error in /usr/share/libinput/50-system-lenovo.quirks.

I ignored the parse error the first time around because I do not have any lenovo input devices on this computer and assumed the parse error would not affect other devices. However, a parse error in 1 quirks file, does cause all quirks files to be ignored.

Deleting the faulty quirks file resolved the issue. My Magic Trackpad 2 now functions properly with Xorg.

Original post

I’ve been using an Apple Magic Trackpad 2~~ with my Ubuntu desktop for the past two years or so.
When using Wayland this works perfectly out-of-the-box.

Not so much with Xorg. It detects the trackpad and loads the driver, but the cursor won’t move unless I press the trackpad at the same time.

Creating /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-touchpad.conf
fixed this:

Section "InputClass"
    Option "FingerLow" "2"
    Option "FingerHigh" "2"
EndSection

If you have more – potentially conflicting – input devices you’ll want to expand that to:

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "Apple Magic Trackpad"
    MatchIsTouchpad "on"
    MatchUSBID "05ac:0265"
    Driver "synaptics"
    Option "FingerLow" "2"
    Option "FingerHigh" "2"
EndSection

Use lsusb to check that the USBID is correct for your trackpad:

❯ lsusb
...
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05ac:0265 Apple, Inc. Magic Trackpad 2
...