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Author Optical mouse and touch pad?
PD

2002-10-29, 12:24 pm

>> Hi there,
>>
>> When I use a PS/2 mouse with my Dell latitude, both the
>> mouse and the built-in touch pad work fine.
>>
>> If I use an optical mouse, then only the mouse works; the
>> touch pad is completely "dead".
>>
>> Does anyone know why and how I can correct this problem?
>>
>> I am running Mandrake 8.0.
>>
>> Thank you in advance!
>>
>> PSD



> This is probably due to the fact that optical mice uses the
> IMPS/2 protocol, while your touchpad uses the PS/2, hence
> one protocol is left out.


> -- cat ~/.signature |grep erik ==> Erik Ljungstroem
> (erik.ljungstrom@metalab.unc.edu) ==> http://erik.shacknet.nu/~erik


Erik,

This is probably what happens.

Is it possible to load both protocols?

PSD
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