On Thursday 13 September 2007, Tom Horsley wrote: > Yea, all sorts of mouse related stuff is utterly obscure in linux. I use > a trackball, not a regular mouse, and it is a a pain to get xorg.conf > and xmodmap setup with the correct gibberish to make one button a drag > lock (without which, a using a trackball is a lot like playing twister > with your fingers :-). I use a Logitech trackball myself; it's the variety where you roll the ball with your thumb. I much prefer that. In fact, I would be a happy camper if I can get F7 to just disable the touchpad, but only if an external mouse device (like my trackball) is plugged in. There are, after all, times when I don't use the trackball, mostly for quick things where I just unpack the laptop by itself and not with the normal accessories (currently the trackball and a Seagate FreeAgentGo 160 drive). -- Lamar Owen Chief Information Officer Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 (828)862-5554 www.pari.edu
