On 22/01/07, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 22Jan2007 04:06, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | I've got a Dell 6400 / E1505 laptop. The great engineers at Dell put > | the touchpad so close to the keyboard that I'm hitting it every five > | minutes by mistake. Is there and _easy_ way to enable/disable it? Like > | a keyboard shortcut, hardware button, or panel applet (KDE)? > > On ThinkPads I turn this off in the BIOS settings. Maybe you can do this > on your Dell.
That would not work as I must reenable it to mouse around. (What is the correct verb in English?)
You can use the gsynaptics or ksynaptics app to configure the touchpad in GNOME or KDE (assuming it's Synaptics compatible).
Thanks. I installed ksynaptics via yum, but how can I access it? Typing ksynaptics at the command line gives me a "command not found" error, and I don't see it anywhere in Kcontrol.
You might also check out the syndaemon program in the synaptics RPM. It disables the touchpad when you type, so you don't accidentally thumb it, but you an still use it.
I'll look into that if I can get ksynaptics running, thanks. Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/610/zwan.html http://music-liriks.com
