Re: gpointing-device-settings 1.3.1-2 seems to be installed - but can't be found

2009-11-09 Thread Harry Potter
Hi Steven, hi all, THANKS. it worked like a charm. (I'm not quite sure if I now have some "redundancy" and possible (invisible) conflicts in my Ubuntu, since I also "installed" the tpctl trackpoint utility as well as the gnome gpointing-device-settings tool - maybe generating the fdi file would h

Re: gpointing-device-settings 1.3.1-2 seems to be installed - but can't be found

2009-11-09 Thread Harry Potter
for completeness: I used the following command in Terminal to create the fdi gksudo gedit /etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi as had been described to me here:http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7907546 --- I still would like to know though what ("etc") "hal" and "fdi" stand for, acr

Re: gpointing-device-settings 1.3.1-2 seems to be installed - but can't be found

2009-11-08 Thread Steven Susbauer
On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Harry Potter wrote: > but... scrolling still ain't working for me... > > also, annoyingly for me on my IBM Thinkpad, the middle mouse button > has a paste functionality still.. > > is there a direct email contact or a forum you could kindly redirect > me to, if thi

Re: gpointing-device-settings 1.3.1-2 seems to be installed - but can't be found

2009-11-08 Thread Harry Potter
found it! /usr/share/menu/gpointing-device-settings (I'm navigating there via the terminal, prob. there's an easier way, but I got there) thx again, Harry On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Harry Potter wrote: > gpointing-device-settings 1.3.1-2 seems to be installed (properly), as > seen in th

Re: gpointing-device-settings 1.3.1-2 seems to be installed - but can't be found

2009-11-08 Thread Harry Potter
but... scrolling still ain't working for me... also, annoyingly for me on my IBM Thinkpad, the middle mouse button has a paste functionality still.. is there a direct email contact or a forum you could kindly redirect me to, if this "list" isn't the right place for beginners' questions? chee

gpointing-device-settings 1.3.1-2 seems to be installed - but can't be found

2009-11-08 Thread Harry Potter
gpointing-device-settings 1.3.1-2 seems to be installed (properly), as seen in the "Synaptics Package Manager". I can't find the program, though; and hence still can't use my IBM Thinkpad's middle-mouse-button scrolling... :-( Could you help me out perhaps? Thank you! Harry ps: and yes, I'm a