dell inspiron 6000 touchpad problem

[Derek Broughton]

Francisco Borges wrote:

> ?? On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 09:52AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> 
>> > Try installing ksynaptics, it should give you more control over it
>> > using KDE.
>>
>> It does nothing that I can determine, beyond popping up a menu when I ask
>> it.  Actually selecting the menu items seems to make no difference.
> 
> Are you talking about
> 
> 1. an icon in the panel;
> 
> OR
> 
> 2. "Menu -> Kcontrol -> hardware -> touchpad" configuration system?

Doh!  I have both (they're both part of ksynaptics, and [1] is enabled from
[2]).  However, I see that if I disable tapping from the tray icon it makes
NO difference to the config setting.  So perhaps I'll just remove the tray
icon, on the assumption it doesn't work, and play with the config panel. 
Thanks.
> 
> At least in my laptop (Kubuntu Dapper), I have the second one and there
> I can, among other things, turn off tapping.
> 
> IIRC the icon in the panel is meant to turn on/off the touchpad
> completely (if it interferes with typing in the keyboard).
 
It has a setting for both the whole touch pad and for tapping.  Neither one
has shown a noticeable effect for me.
-- 
derek