Where to begin with activating ALPS/PS2 Alps Glidepoint touchpad
Hi folks, Does anyone have any good references for getting SuSE 9.3 to work with an ALPS/PS2 Alps Glidepoint touchpad? I realize some folks think touchpads are a handicap, but for those tight seats on Southwest Airlines, they can come in handy. I did a quick check of SuSE's support files and found out I could use Sax2 to configure. When I activated sax2, it listed the touchpad, but when I tried to test it, the cursor wouldn't move. I had to key back to cancel to get my mouse cursor back and moving. There's a deceptively simple answer, I'm sure. Thanks in advance for any help... With best regards, Pete -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts | Science Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in home: 508-520-3139 Email: pspotts@alum.mit.edu | www.csmonitor.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The knack of flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss." -- Douglas Adams
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 06:51 pm, Peter N. Spotts wrote:
Does anyone have any good references for getting SuSE 9.3 to work with an ALPS/PS2 Alps Glidepoint touchpad? I realize some folks think touchpads are a handicap, but for those tight seats on Southwest Airlines, they can come in handy.
I did a quick check of SuSE's support files and found out I could use Sax2 to configure. When I activated sax2, it listed the touchpad, but when I tried to test it, the cursor wouldn't move. I had to key back to cancel to get my mouse cursor back and moving.
I had that problem on 9.2 but not 9.3. As best I can recall, you set up using sax then restart the xwindow system i.e., logout and back in for it to work. Actually you should be doing sax in level 3 and will need to go to level 5 to see it work. Or simply play like you're doing windows and reboot. HTH, Richard
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