list-catcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The most important of the problems involves the fan. The laptop gets a > whole lot hotter using linux while compiling than it did using vista > while compiling which implies that there is some fan control missing > from my install. What sort of ebuilds/apps should I be looking at to > solve the problem?
How about trying some of these: http://packages.gentoo.org/category/sys-power/?full_cat > Button #2 of the touchpad, which seems to be set as the upper right > corner of the pad, controls paste (as in cut and paste). The button > works great at first but then after a period, or it may be related to > a heat issue, it stops working. Restarting X solves the problem. I > have not noticed it failing with gpm but I have not stayed in console > as long. Remapping works but I'd like some pointers on solving this > problem. Maybe install xev to see if it outputs any data when it "stops working" so you can see if its a hardware or software problem. > I've also noticed two seperate clipboards. One, using the usual > middle click button and another using shift-insert. These clipboards > are different in what they paste... Anyone know more about this? Here you can read about it: http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html -- Miernik http://miernik.name/
