Mouse right click or taps not working

[abhisek176]

HI, Thanks for the great help with the modules. Keyboard and touchpad works just fine with MBP15,4. However, the right click and taps on the touchpad is a problem. Please let me know if something can be done.

[yurnam]

Hi, try using bce together with hid-apple from https://github.com/MCMrARM/mbp2018-etc

Works fine for me on my 15.4.

[abhisek176]

I did install both of them. But Audio,wifi and touchpad right click,scrolling and tap without clicks not working. Everything works for you? Can you tell me the Kernel Version or how do you ingest them?

[yurnam]

i use 5.5-rc4 with the config attached. also applied only the keyboard and wifi patches from https://github.com/aunali1/linux-mbp-arch

just copied the .ko files in /lib/modules/$(uname -r) and ran depmod everything got loaded automatically on reboot.

Working:

• touchbar,
• audio (Speaker only)
• Keyboard
• Keyboard-backlight
• nvme
• Trackpad with right click, scroll and tap

Wifi and Bluetooth are currently not working, due to a new Broadcom chip (BCM4377) used in some of these models. See: https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux/issues/112

config.txt

[abhisek176]

Thanks for the reply @yurnam . Could you please share an easy way to upgrade the kernel to 5.5-rc4 and if I can reinstall all of them at once (the available drivers)! That would be a great help. I am using Ubuntu 18.04

[yurnam]

what kernel version are you using right now ? I'll write a tutorial tomorrow. :)

[abhisek176]

I am using 5.0.0-37. That would be really awesome (waiting :+1: ). BTW I do not have to reinstall Ubuntu again, right (Just a noob's question :laughing: )?

[yurnam]

No you don't have to reinstall ubuntu step 1 just follow this guide here: https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/compiling-linux-kernel-26.html but make sure you do make modules_install INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 otherwise it will hang at grub

[abhisek176]

This is great! Thanks! Is is needed to include @aunali1's patches here?

[yurnam]

honestly i am not sure yet, i'll try it

[abhisek176]

Alright then, I will go ahead and install the kernel along with the bce,hid-apple and touchbar drivers. Let me see if I can get things done now. Thanks a lot for your help. (Please do a tutorial on this as it would help a lot)

[abhisek176]

Hi @yurnam : Is it possible to edit these patches https://github.com/ppaulweber/linux-mba for 5.4.7. It seems all included. I am not able to append the .diff patches.

[abhisek176]

Tried with the latest kernel, still touchpad things are not working.. Rest are working fine .. @yurnam

[yurnam]

can you tell me exactly whats working and what's not ?

[abhisek176]

Working:

touchbar, audio (Speaker only) Keyboard Keyboard-backlight nvme Trackpad with only right or left click

Not working: Trackpad scroll, taps and both the clicks at once Fn key seems not working

[yurnam]

https://github.com/yurnam/linux-mbp15-4 works for me

[abhisek176]

Have you complied everything into this?

[yurnam]

updated it a minute ago, bce and touchbar were added, but not compiling, now it's working w/o external patches,

also: please check if you have two finger scrolling enabled in gnome-settings ;)

[abhisek176]

Gnome does not show any option for that.

[yurnam]

gnome-settings --> Devices --> Mouse and Touchpad --> Two - Finger Scrolling

might be a bit off because mine is in German :)

[abhisek176]

There are no option available : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LZFESEISk3hY2-pVV0Ad_awqCmW3czpk/view?usp=drivesdk

[yurnam]

should look like this

[abhisek176]

right. :( what distro are you using. It does not look like Ubutnu!

[yurnam]

I use ubuntu 19.10 with a custom theme

pls try downloading my repo and run the mk.sh script to install

[abhisek176]

Alright. Let me try that. Otherwise I will use Ubuntu 19.10

[yurnam]

19.10 required to blacklist the efivarfs module, otherwise it would crash on boot did not happen in 18.04

[abhisek176]

*If this does not work that's the last option.. :(

[abhisek176]

[ make.log ](url)

[abhisek176]

problem compiling it.

[abhisek176]

Tried with Ubuntu 19.10. Same issue.. ;(

[yurnam]

okay seems like i forgot to push to remote

should work now