Re: [Freedos-user] HP laptop touchpad
I appreciate all the suggestions, thanks everyone. > On Aug 6, 2019, at 5:59 PM, David McMackins wrote: > > I will throw in my own experience here in case it is relevant. > > I have a 1999 Sony Vaio with a built in trackpad. If I load ctmouse with > no external hardware, the trackpad works fine. If then connect an > external PS/2 mouse, that mouse will work fine too. If, however, I load > ctmouse with both connected, then I get your symptom of erratically > moving cursor as well as display glitching. > > > Happy Hacking, > > David E. McMackins II > www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com > > On 8/6/19 2:19 PM, Tom Messmer wrote: >> Hello, >> 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. >> >> ___ >> 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 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] HP laptop touchpad
I will throw in my own experience here in case it is relevant. I have a 1999 Sony Vaio with a built in trackpad. If I load ctmouse with no external hardware, the trackpad works fine. If then connect an external PS/2 mouse, that mouse will work fine too. If, however, I load ctmouse with both connected, then I get your symptom of erratically moving cursor as well as display glitching. Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com On 8/6/19 2:19 PM, Tom Messmer wrote: > Hello, > 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. > > ___ > 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
Re: [Freedos-user] HP laptop touchpad
> 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. most likely your trackpad is connected to the motherboard via an internal USB port, just like your keyboard. this stuff is no longer connected through PS/2 ports. most 'modern' BIOS support 'legacy' support for keyboard, mouse, otherwise you wouldn't see any mouse movement at all. of course this doesn't help you :( Tom ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] HP laptop touchpad
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 4:14 PM Tom Messmer wrote: > > 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. Supporting *anything* in USB in DOS is problematic. USB didn't exist when DOS was written. FreeDOS is designed to reproduce DOS, so support for stuff that came later mostly isn't there. I had FreeDOS as part of a multi-boot setup on an ancient Fujitsu notebook, along with Win2K and a couple of flavors of Linux. It had a third party add-on card with two USB2 ports. I could not get FreeDOS to see/use them - no drivers. (Windows and Linux could use the ports.) You can get USB->PS/2 adapters that will let you plug in things like PS/2 mice, but I don't think they would help you. __ Dennis ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] HP laptop touchpad
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 wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 3:21 PM Tom Messmer > 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
Re: [Freedos-user] HP laptop touchpad
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 3:21 PM Tom Messmer 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] HP laptop touchpad
Hello, 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. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS
> On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 12:15:44PM -0700, Ben Collver wrote: [.. Tcl 8.5.19 and Tcl 8.6.9 ..] [.. Tcl 8.4.20 ..] [..] Thanks Ben! I've mirrored these versions at the FreeDOS archive on ibiblio. :-) ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
