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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
-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.
+!! 6-
in-1 Card Reader
-The "Expansion Port 2" slot is only for attaching
the laptop
to Compaq
's docking station
.
+I couldn't get
the 6-in-1 card reader
to work with Ubuntu
's 2.6.10 LinuxKernel, or with a custom 2.6.11 kernel.
+These kernels support some card readers -- CONFIG_MMC found in Device Drivers -> MMC/SD Card -> MMC support) but only those using a ~WinBond chip (with the wbsd.ko driver).
+The [pci database|http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/pci.ids] lists the following devices found by <tt>lspci</tt>.
+Texas Instruments:
+ 8033 PCIxx21 Integrated ~FlashMedia Controller%%%
+ 8034 PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI7411, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD) Controller
+Perhaps more recent kernel versions support the chips use in the card reader in these laptops
.
-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
.
+
+!!Other
+
The "Expansion Port 2" slot is
only for attaching the laptop to Compaq
's docking station
.
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