You know what else? I'm thinking the linux touchpad utilities will have
an option to disable it. I just realize that a few hours ago, before I
went to sleep, when I was looking for anything related to Dell Inspirons
and Linux.
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, AndreasT wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I found that in the newest BIOS version for the I7K there actually is a
> setting by which you can disable the touchpad.
> I am running NT4.0 with the touchpad enabled and it works fine.
>
> Greetings
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Hanczaruk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 5:26 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Touchpad
>
>
> Im not real sure on a way to disable the touchpad on the inspiron because
> its set as a default to be ON in BIOS and there is no option to disable.
> They sure do make it hard to get it to work but when you dont want it your
> just screewed. ILL keep my ears open for ya. Thanx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gabriel Kihlman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 7:45 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Touchpad
>
> Heh :)
> I want to disable it since it is in the way sometimes.
> if you find out how you managed to turn it off tell me ;)
>
> /Gabriel Kihlman
>
> "Hanczaruk, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I have an Inspiron 7000. I tried to install Windows NT 4 and Linux on my
> > machine and no matter what I do I cant get my touchpad to work. Either
> > can I get the external PS/2 port to work yet it works in Windows 98. If
> > anyone else has seen this or has a solution please let me know. Thanks a
> > lot.
> >
> > Mark Hanczaruk
> >
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