I've just tried that and I think it finally works! Thanks a lot. Ananda
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:29:17 +0100 Ruben Vandeginste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:50:03 +0000, > Ananda Samaddar wrote: > > > > Forgot to mention, I also commented out the section for the > > synaptics input device in xorg.conf but the touchpad was still > > enabled. The mouse is on /dev/psaux. Is there any way to disable > > this device? > > If I'm not mistaken, the touchpad on the iBook G3 700Mhz, is not a > synaptics touchpad. I used to have such an iBook (the 800Mhz model) > and I remember you could configure the trackpad through pbbuttonsd. > Do you already use pbbuttonsd? If you look at the configuration > options with "man pbbuttonsd.conf", you'll see you can use it to > configure the trackpad settings to "drag, notap, tap, lock". I think > I always set it to "notap". This means you will not have any > accidental "clicks", but you are still able to move the mouse pointer. > Does that solve your problem? > > I believe you could also look at "mouseemu", but I've never used that > myself. "mouseemu" provides an option to avoid accidental tapping on > the touchpad while typing. (pbbutonsd provides that option also, but > it is not always stable) > > I don't know how to completely disable the trackpad though. > > Kind regards, > Ruben > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
