On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Jurjen Middendorp wrote: > On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 02:49:48AM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: [..] > >I've just bought a Thinkpad T23, and I'm loving it .. but I'm not sure > >I'll ever be able to love its TrackPoint, being spoilt by the touchpad > >on my old Compaq Armada 1500c, with which I can be quite productive .. > > > >The only one I've been able to google up that looks nearly small enough > >to work with below the keyboard is the Adesso/Cirque EasyCat PS/2 or USB > >pad .. any chance these will (some value of) work with FreeBSD 6? > > > >moused(8) only mentions the older (serial, and way too chunky) ALPS > >Glidepoint, and the Interlink Versapad which looks more the right sort > >of size, but appears to be no longer available? > > > >I'd appreciate any clues.
> Moused(8) doesn't mention the ALPS glidpoint nor the Interlink VersaPad. It > mentions > the protocols those things use, so you could use all touchpad things that > use that > protocol. That's true. I'm hoping someone has tried one or the other, or another. > But i can't say that i have ever used one, so you might want to wait and see > if > there is someone that has actually used them. Maybe you can find a computer > shop > where you can try it? Not around here; it'll be an ebay job I guess, and I'd rather not blow what may come to A$100 shipped unless it has a fair chance of working passably well .. I googled myself goggled but only found ads and press releases, no critical reviews or user experiences. > Anyway, if you buy the ps/2 touchpad specify the ps/2 proto... which is > actually > described 15 lines below the ALPS gildepoint and 11 lines below versapad ;P > And > the adesso usb touchpad is plug-and-play so i think that that one will work > if you > set moused to 'auto' (don't forget usb-mice kernel options?). Ta. I'd usually prefer PS/2 but will need to hot-plug the pad, so USB. > You might also want to have a look at the ion window-manager. Especially on > laptops > it's a real pleasure to work with because it decreases the need to use a > mouse for > things, so you don't have to carry a lot of stuff - besides your laptop. > And for > simple stuff like clicking links in a browser you can use the trackpoint! :) Thankyou for the tips Jurjen, Cheers, Ian _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
