On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 06:02, Pierre Fortin wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:03:07 -0800 Rob Blomquist > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When I loaded 9.0 onto my Dell Inspiron 3200, I did not connect the > > mouse, and the touch pad was working perfectly. > > > > Now that I have plugged in a mouse to the system, the mouse works fine, > > but the touch pad is a crazy clicking monster if the mouse is not > > plugged in, and I would like to use this laptop on the bus to work and > > so on, so the touch pad is a must. > > > > Now, is it possible to use either interchangeably? But the bottom line > > is getting the touch pad to work. How do I do that? What mouse setting > > do I need in XF86 or Harddrake? > > I'm supporting a friend with 9.1 on a Dell and the "trick" is to hit Shift > then use the touchpad IIRC. > Using the mouse requires hitting Shift again to go back to the touchpad. > > I may have fogotten the exact sequence; but HTH...
Other option is /etc/init.d/gpm restart This will cause the mouse drivers etc to be reloaded when switching. A crude hack yes. But it may be needed. James
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