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On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 11:28 -0400, Kent Borg wrote: > Jarod Wilson wrote: > > I take it you're not aware of synclient... :) > > Actually, I did discover it, and I used it. But any editing of > xorg.conf seems to require multiple attempts. Ah, ok. I just tweaked away with synclient, then dumped out its current values, transcribed into xorg.conf, disabled xshm and bounced X and was pretty much done with it. > > Its not the hardware, its the software. > > Yes, but some software is pretty inaccessable. I have a laptop-style > USB keyboard that I use with my office computer at work. (I like the > option of putting my feet up, keyboard in my lap. Having a trackpad in > my lap is nicer than reaching up for a mouse.) That trackpad doesn't > work as well as products Steve cracks his whip over, but I figure I am > stuck with it. The software is pretty embedded. Okay, so its a combination of the hardware and the software. My main point was that the very same Steve-approved trackpad hardware which works swimmingly under Mac OS X doesn't behave nearly as well under Linux. > P.S. How do you do circular scrolling on a non-circular trackpad? On a > circular trackpad I can really crank, but without the edge to guide me, > I can't see there would be any point. Wait, you have a circular trackpad? Perhaps the square is part of why I don't like it -- I do rather like circular scrolling on the iPod, where there's an actual circle... :) -- Jarod Wilson [hidden email] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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