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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 8:18:34 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
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@@ -27,12 +27,28 @@
<verbatim>
kernel: hci_cmd_task: hci0 command tx timeout
</verbatim>
message in dmesg/syslog.
+
+!!Touchpad
+With the default xorg.conf(5x) that Ubuntu (5.04 Hoary) generated, the
+touchpad generates a middle-click when you tap it, which is very annoying.
+Changing the <tt>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</tt> file to have
+<verbatim>
+ # don't do anything for 1-finger taps
+ Option "TapButton1" "0" # 0 = no action
+</verbatim>
+in the synaptics touchpad ~InputDevice section made no difference either.
+However, disabling the synaptics driver completely (by commenting out
+or removing the "~InputDevice Touchpad" line from the ~ServerLayout section
+meant that it was just seen as a normal mouse (using the already existing "Configure Mouse" ~InputDevice). This has the disadvantage that the vertical scrolling function of the touchpad no longer works, but that is an acceptable tradeoff to not have middle-clicks generated everywhere :)
+You can still get a middleclick (mouse button2) by pressing buttons 1 and 3 simultaneously -- this assumes you have the Emulate3Buttons option for the default mouse ~InputDevice.
!!Other
-To add:
-*
card reader
-* touchpad + disable middle clicking on tap
+The video card supports having a 2nd monitor, so it looks like you can use this in dual-head mode as well as just using it as an external monitor.
+
+The "Expansion Port 2" slot is only for attaching the laptop to Compaq's docking station.
+
+The 6-in-1
card reader might work (the LinuxKernel supports this -- CONFIG_MMC found in Device Drivers -> MMC/SD Card -> MMC support) but I only have CompactFlash cards, which aren't supported by this reader.
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