Re: [expert] Enabling a Laptop Touch Pad
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... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Enabling a Laptop Touch Pad
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Enabling a Laptop Touch Pad
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? -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Enabling a Laptop Touch Pad
Rob Blomquist 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? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com If I recall (and it's quite possible that I don't), 9.0 XFree86 had a problem when changing mice, where the mouse would go crazy. Hitting CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE, restarted the xserver and fixed it. Of course, I could be imagining that whole thing, so YMMV. Joeb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Enabling a Laptop Touch Pad
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 19:03, Rob Blomquist 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? My laptop did this until I made a change in BIOS that allowed me to use two mice at once. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
