> 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.
>
That would suprise me. My understanding is that the touchpad is mapped to
the mouse port by bios, how software would distinguish between mouse input
and touchpad input is unclear to me. However, I can't say that I was
never suprised by computers.
Justin
> 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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