Screen flicker and trackpad issues on macbook pro 8 2

Hi I have a macbook pro (8,2) 15 inch with a high rez anti glare display. The display stared to flicker after living my computer open in arch for about 30 min. I tried rebooting and it even started happening in the boot screen and in mac os x. The last thing I did before it happened was setup pommed in arch and leve my computer open.
Also this has sort of been asked but my question is a little different. I am trying to set up my multitouch trackpad. I installed mtrack from the aur but changing the settings does nothing. What I want to accomplish is this. 1) I want to right click by clicking (not tapping) with one finger in the button right corner of my trackpad. 2) I need to disable tap to click!!!! 3) I want to be able to click the trackpad with my thump and use my index finger to drag instead of only my thumb. for example I want to click on a window border with my thumb and move it around with my index finger while holding down my thumb.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Glad you figured it out. Sorry to see no one else chimed in.
I have arch on a macbook as well. I have never seen a need for the many elaborate packages which claim to make these things work. If they're working then stick with it - but if you need another option, I've had great luck with simply properly configuring synaptics:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics

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