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From: Panagiotis Astithas <past@netmode.ntua.gr>
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On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 05:20:39PM -0400, Jim Weeks wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Graham Wheeler wrote:
>  
> > On a completely different note, what sort of touch pad do you have, and
> > do you have any problems with it? I suspect that I may have faulty
> > hardware, but it behaves much worse under UNIX (where I effectively get
> > random key clicks) to under Windows (where the worst that happens is the
> > cursor occasionally jumping) - although this could be attributed to the
> > Windows driver using absolute mode with 6-byte packets which may make
> > framing errors easier to detect.
> 
> Graham,
> 
> You and I have have discussed this before.  I have the Synaptics pad on my
> Presario 1200XL and of course have the same problem.  
> 
> We know that the M$ drivers disable the touchpad when a mouse is connected
> and the FreeBSD drivers do not.  I have only recently noticed that when I

Is that true? I have a laptop with a synaptics touchpad and everytime I
hook a ps/2 mouse in it, the touchpad stops responding.
And no, I don't see any problems like random key clicks, etc.

-past


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