Doug wrote:
On 9/10/2010 10:57 PM, Doug wrote:
/snip/
In PcLOs, there's a setup where you can disable the touchpad when a
mouse is plugged in to the USB port. It's based around a synaptiks
package. I did not see the same thing in Debian Squeeze, altho there is
a setup that (supposedly) disables the touchpad while you are typing.
/snip/
It works nicely--I'm using it right now. Since PcLOs
uses > KDE 4.4.5 (this version, anyway) and Debian uses Gnome, that
may be why > the capability is missing.
--doug
Sorry for the deception--I have both programs, as well as
Debian--on this laptop, and I thought I was writing from Linux.
Not from Debian tho. Its mail setup is ferblunget, and I haven't
gotten it to work. Why can't I have good old Thunderbird????
--doug
I turned off the touchpad, so now I have just the Trackpoint enabled. I
also have been disconnecting the laser mouse in order to eliminate
another variable. Since I could reproduce the problem in some cases, I
have a hard time believing that I'm accidentally hitting the touchpad
with my hand while typing. My lower thumb joint is the closest and I'd
have to deliberately rotate my hands in an uncomfortable position in
order to touch it while my hands are in a keyboarding position.
I got a real scare when saving the new BIOS settings and rebooting.
When X started to load and I got the screen with the "x" cursor in the
middle, it stopped loading X. I could move the cursor with the
Trackpoint, but I wasn't getting a usable screen. I hit
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and got a console, then re-entered "startx" and it
loaded up just fine. I assume that X needed to re-evaluate the landscape
after having the BIOS change. The errors listed were:
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
(EE) Error compiling keymap (server 0)
(EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap
I hope that's the last that I'll see of that. Is there a config file
somewhere that I should edit?
By the way, I'm not currently using a gui login such as kdm, gdm or xdm.
The laptop just boots to a commandline, then I type "startx" and load
IceWM. Recently I've been test driving FluxBox.
I'll swap back and forth using the touchpad and see if I can figure out
exactly what's happening. It's working OK now, but I'm skeptical that
the simplest answer is the correct one.
Thanks for your help.
Elmer E. Dow
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