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02-07-2003, 10:41 PM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Alabama
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 43
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synaptics touchpad
does anyone know howto get the synaptics touchpad working in redhat 8.0 on a dell laptop (4150)
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02-08-2003, 06:59 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Turkey&USA
Distribution: Emacs and linux is its device driver(Slackware,redhat)
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i have dell inspiron 2650 and the touch pad works fine under redhat 8.0 with out configuring but if you have another mouse connected touch ped will not work
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02-08-2003, 07:21 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Alabama
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 43
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yes i got the touchpad working by going into the gui configuration for the mouse and changing it to a ps/2 mouse, that got the touchpad working, but my external mouse quite working.
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02-08-2003, 09:15 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Portland, OR USA
Distribution: Slackware, SLAX, Gentoo, RH/Fedora
Posts: 1,024
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Aren't most laptops set up to deactivate the built in mouse when you plug an external one in?
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02-08-2003, 09:38 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Turkey&USA
Distribution: Emacs and linux is its device driver(Slackware,redhat)
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no you have to disable it manually in dell and desknotes i do not know about others
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02-09-2003, 12:01 AM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Alabama
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 43
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nakkaya i got both mouses working by following the instructions at this thread |
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