On Mon, 26 Dec 2011, Xyzzy wrote:
On 12/24/2011 03:49 PM, Felmon Davis wrote:
a further observation about Mepis: it seems some settings cannot be changed from the gui interface, for instance, mouse and touchpad control. it seems one has to grapple with the commandline for that. don't know if this is a gap in my setup or part of the KDE4 philosophy.
I'm running a near-default Mepis install, and the usual options (right/left handed, reverse scroll direction, double/single click to open, pointers, touchpad on/off, tapping etc.) are showing up for me in KDE4's System Settings > Hardware > Input Devices along with the Keyboard & Joystick controls.
the computer isn't accessible this moment but thanks for this, I will look again but I didn't find these options before and I can't (easily) believe I overlooked them so maybe the install is partly broken.
it seems to work fine though except that I want to slow down the cursor. at first I thought it was some kind of driver problem, the cursor seemed to drift upward on its own; I now think it's sensitive to my touch - my finger is resting on it (I think). I have to watch out for that but I also want to make the touchpad less 'skittish'.
F.
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