On Wednesday 22 November 2006 08:10, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote: >Hi, > >> I would like to disable my touchpad mouse on my laptop or, at least, >> the "tap" function of this one. >> >> I put TRACKPAD_OPT=notap in my /etc/sysconfig/mouse file but without >> any success... >> Thanks for help. I run FC4. > >For FC5 and FC6, there's an application called ksynaptics which does > what you want very easily. It has also an "smart" option that will turn > off the touchpad (completely or tap only) automaticaly when you start > typing something, enabling it again when you stop typing. This is great > to avoid accidental taps or cursor movements while you are typing. >Don't know if it's available for FC4. > >[]'s >Marcelo How do you call it once this package is installed? I have installed it on my FC5 lappy, but its nowhere to be found. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.