On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Doug <[email protected]> wrote: <SNIP> >> > There is a program called synaptiks (note the spelling) that seems to be > only > available via kde, which will disable the touchpad only when there is a > mouse or trackball plugged in. So if your one user likes to use a mouse, > let that user plug in the mouse when working, and unplug it when > finished, and > everyone should be happy. I am using this program on my PCLOS laptop. > > (I am not familiar with the synaptics driver you mentioned; I wonder if it's > compatible with synaptiks. That might make my laptop friendlier when > I don't have my trackball available. I really don't like the trackpad, and > I _detest_ it when typing! So far, the programs--I think from synaptic-- > that "disable the touchpad while typing" don't have anywhere near enough > hysteresis for me.) > > --doug
Doug, Thanks for the recommendation. I think this will serve her needs very well. Once I figured out that the synaptics driver was part of the xorg-drivers package everything else was very straight forward. I appreciate the help. Cheers, Mark ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
