Any "Compellng" reason to upgrade?

[Evan Monroig]

Ah, sorry I thought you were talking about USB mouse. I don't have a
PS/2 port so I don't know anything about it ;)

Evan

On Apr 11, 2005 9:57 PM, smarttaz <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> 
> Evan Monroig Wrote:
> > I have a synaptics touchpad, and a usb mouse. Both were recognised on
> > install, and work well. If I disconnect the usbmouse, then the
> > synaptics touchpad continues to work. (and I have checked in
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf that the synaptics touchpad uses the "synaptics"
> > drivers).
> >
> > So this means that the problem you have exists only on certain
> > computers, and may not have appeared to the developpers.
> 
> Evan, actually the USB mouse is a different matter.
> 
> Synaptics Touchpad devices conflict with PS/2 ports, that's why they
> usually can NOT work simultaneously when an external PS/2 mouse is
> connected!
> 
> That's also the reason (working on a PS/2 kinda bridge) Synaptics
> Touchpad will usually work (at least on HP laptops) with any PS/2 mouse
> driver, under various operating systems.
> 
> So, please, read my older posts with regards to "Synaptics Touchpad
> *AND a PS/2 mouse*". Mea culpa, USB mouses DO WORK simultaneously with
> a Synaptics Touchpad (if they send core events).
> 
> Cheers,
> R.
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