Re: Mouse/Touchpad troubles

["john doe" <ophidian_snake@hotmail.com>]

what is your pointing device set to in your xfree config file?  i have a 
dell inspiron with a touchstick and touchpad and i use it with an external 
usb trackball from time to time, they all place nice here, but my machine is 
different than yours im sure.


>From: "Ray Holtz" <rayholtz@hotmail.com>
>Here's the problem...
>
>Dell Inspiron Laptop... Red Hat 9... When I first installed Red Hat I could
>use the touch pad to move the mouse. That was good.  Then I got bored of 
>the
>touchpad and bought a USB mouse.   Then I started the machine with the USB
>mouse,  Red Hat did the good thing and installed it for me to use.  And 
>that
>is all good for when I am at a desk and can use the mouse,  but when im in 
>a
>lecture class or just sitting in a chair, i want to use the touch pad.  And
>it doesn't work.  Any ideas on how I can get both of these to play nice
>together so I can move further into Linux and away from WinXP on my (dual
>booted) Laptop? BTW,  both the touchpad and USB mouse work on the laptop,
>and at the same too (its fun to have the two pointing devices fight for
>control by useing both)
>
>Thanks,
>Ray
>
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