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Thread ID: 51160 2004-11-13 08:19:00 Linux laptop likes its mousepad too much. personthingy (1670) Press F1
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291343 2004-11-13 08:19:00 Hardware= ECS laptop,
OP sys= SuSE9.1 personal edition,

I've bought a USB mouse and canno find a way to get the laptop to ignore the inbuilt mouse, and do mousy things with the USB mouse instead.

As per usual, i am open to suggestions.

Cheers,
:-) Chris
personthingy (1670)
291344 2004-11-13 08:32:00 does the usb mouse work while the trackpad is working ApeNz (4220)
291345 2004-11-13 08:41:00 sometimes mice have drivers, did it come with a driver disk? my usb mouse did, drivers for the middle buttons software Prescott (11)
291346 2004-11-13 09:00:00 ApeNZ------ it simply ignores the external mousy, and the trackpad keeps working. personthingy (1670)
291347 2004-11-13 09:21:00 Prescott---- The drivers discs only had things that were possably usefull for a windoze machine. I must admit, i hadn't actually checked that till now!

:-(
Chris
personthingy (1670)
291348 2004-11-13 09:28:00 thats my fault i didnt see that you were running linux, my bad, whats the name and model of your mouse? Prescott (11)
291349 2004-11-13 09:30:00 linux is a pain for those things - look on the website for the linux dirvers , since its usb try get a ps/2 usb converter and maybe it will pick it up ApeNz (4220)
291350 2004-11-13 09:48:00 Prescott-----it's a DSE jobby , an optical mouse, XH5117 personthingy (1670)
291351 2004-11-13 09:53:00 Have you tried the bios settings or the laptop may have a setup program. mikebartnz (21)
291352 2004-11-13 09:54:00 ApeNz------The mouse came with a USB/ps2 adapter, but the laptop only has USB ports!

:-)
personthingy (1670)
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