Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:23:34 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disabling build-in mouse pointer Message-ID: <20090717172334.8174E1CC09@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:39:49 %2B0200." <20090717133949.GA5080@current.Sisis.de>
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> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:39:49 +0200 > From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > > Hello, > > I've a Dell M4400 laptop, running 8-CURRENT and xorg-server 1.6; the > laptop has a normal touchpad but also some small stick in the middle of > the keyboard to move the mouse pointer. The problem with this is that > sometimes on typing I hit accidently this stick, which moves the mouse > and in the worth case the focus goes to some other window (where once > the 'd' key deleted mail in my mutt session)... is there a way to > disable this in the Xserver? thx I always disable the touchpad and only use the joybutton, but I assume that the issue is the same. It has to be done in the BIOS, as far as I know. The two devices are seen as a single device by the OS, so there is no way I know of to control it at that level. I hate touchpads and mice (or any other pointer that requires me to move a hand off of the keyboard). But that's why there are so many options. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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