Hey Larry, I just recently saw your email, and see that you are close by. I am happily willing to look at your macbook and any other issues you have. I live in Ocean Beach, San Diego and if you wanna meet here or talk on the phone, or email I can try to work with either of these options. Do these options seem like ways to work with you? Here is my number as well: 530-305-6497
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Larry <larrywhitchc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks: Elizabeth encouraged me to reach out to the users group, so here > I am. Previous conversations are included for background. Is there anyone > here who could meet up with me / who might be able to help with this issue ( > *bold*)? Thanks in advance. Larry > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: ubuntu help Date: Fri, > 16 Jan 2015 10:45:04 -0800 From: Larry <larrywhitchc...@gmail.com> > <larrywhitchc...@gmail.com> To: Elizabeth K. Joseph <l...@ubuntu.com> > <l...@ubuntu.com> CC: Philip Ballew <philipbal...@ubuntu.com> > <philipbal...@ubuntu.com> > > > Elizabeth/Philip: I'm in Carlsbad, would be willing to travel a couple > hours if I really thought someone could help me. See below for more > detail: > > *The touch pad on my computer has been an area of frustration for me. > It's too sensitive for me to use as I'd like. There are a couple items I'd > like investigated. As a reminder I have Ubuntu 14.04 installed as the OS. * > > * 1) I would like to be able to disable the touch pad, and just use the > mouse. From my on-line research, I've found that windows offers that > option, and apparently so does Ubuntu. I can't find that command option on > my computer anywhere. It may exist, I just can't locate it. It looks like > there is a way to add that command option, in the event it's not there. > There was some on-line discussion about having the touch pad automatically > disable itself, only while typing. That option should be explored, or at > least have it available in the software. A point to consider however; I > could think of a situation where I might open my computer (with the touch > pad disabled) without having the mouse affixed; hence I would be unable to > use the computer, even temporarily. Please help me think through those > types of situations. * > > * 2) The touch pad on my daughter's Macbook works differently than the one > on my computer. On my computer, running or scrolling my finger on the > touch pad moves the cursor; the same is true on the Macbook. The difference > however, "clicking" a command with my computer only requires a very slight > touch (tap); a "soft click" so to speak. It senses the "command" long > before I actually press and hard "click" the touch pad. On the Macbook, > you have to press the touch pad ("hard click"), you feel and hear a > "click", then the command is activated. My touch pad does have the the > hard press "click" as part of the hardware. Possibly, there is a software > program that would allow the hard click option, it seemed to be discussed > in some on-line forums. * > > * Having both 1 and 2 options available would be a real help to me. * > > I live in Hamilton, NY; home of Colgate University. I'm a graduate of > Cornell University; my wife St. Bonaventure University. Now retired. Not > missing the cold at all. My daughter did undergrad work at CSU San Marcos; > now attends University of New England School of Pharmacy in Portland, ME. > She was out here for the holidays. I suspect she'll be back to California > once she starts her career. Eldest son lives in San Marcos, CA. Thanks > for any help. Larry > > > On 01/16/2015 10:28 AM, Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote: > > Hi Larry, > > I've only ever been to San Diego once, so I'm not really familiar with > the area. I'm including Philip Ballew on this email, he goes to school > down there and may be able to point you in the right direction. If > not, you're welcome to email the Ubuntu California mailing list to ask > folks there, I know we have several contributors from the San Diego > area: ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com. > > Smart move to spend winters in San Diego, I lived in Rochester and the > Finger Lakes region for a couple years and the winters were brutal, > even compared to where I grew up in Maine! :) > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Larry <larrywhitchc...@gmail.com> > <larrywhitchc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Elizabeth: Hi, my name is Larry Hitchcock. I live in upstate NY, spend > winters in north San Diego County. I have a new Lenovo Ideapad with Ubuntu > 14.04 OS; on a good day I am a novice. The very sensitive touch pad on my > computer is problematic. I'm looking for a place (storefront, corporate > business, small personal business) to go, with my computer (north San Diego > County), where a Ubuntu expert could help me. Any ideas? Thanks for your > time. Larry > > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > >
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