I agree about trackpads, they’re awful. The only port this thing has is a USB port and a usb mouse didn’t really fare any better than the trackpad, and I don’t think cutemouse supports usb mice either.
> On Aug 6, 2019, at 4:08 PM, dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 3:21 PM Tom Messmer <exileonthegene...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I have an old HP Pavillion dv6000 laptop that I’ve installed Freedos on. I’m >> a unix guy and have very little experience with dos, so bear with me if you >> could. Everything installed nicely, and it certainly performs like a champ, >> however the Cutemouse driver simply doesn’t work with the touchpad. I’ve >> tried flipping various options with Cutemouse including horizontal and >> vertical settings, etc with the same outcome: the arrow cursor just flips >> out and zips around the screen at random. The bios on this thing has zero >> options for the trackpad fyi. >> >> Is it possible to get a touchpad working with Cutemouse? Any assistance >> would be greatly appreciated. > > I don't believe you can do this. CuteMouse is written to support PS/2 > mice in DOS. I don't think it will see the trackpad. (Trackpads > didn't exist in the DOS days). > Details are at http://cutemouse.sourceforge.net/ > > Do you have an actual mouse you can plug in? > > (Speaking personally, I loathe trackpads, and use an actual mouse > where possible) > ______ > Dennis > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
