On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:02:43AM -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 13:32 +0200, Alexander Volovics wrote: > > I am looking at 2 laptops with an Alps touchpad and Fedora 15 + Gnome 3: > > > > 1) Dell Inspiron 1764 with Intel Core i5-430M > > 2) Dell Vostro 3750 with Intel Core i5-2410M (Sandy Bridge) > > > > 1) is almost 2 years older than 2) so I suspect the same goes > > for the Alps Electric touchpad. > > > > On both laptops the Alps is "recognized" as a PS/2 mouse. > > In general this works good though I have not checked if > > all the functionality of the touchpad is available. > > > > My question concerns the entry "Mouse and Touchpad" under > > "System Settings" (gnome-control-center). > > > > In 1) clicking on this icon gives you a configuration window > > with entries for mouse AND touchpad (with rather skimpy options). > > > > In 2) clicking on this icon ONLY shows a mouse configuration window. > > > > Why this difference? It also shows up in the hardware listings. > > On 1) I find PS/2 mouse AND Alps. On 2) I only see PS/2 mouse. > > > > Newer Alps? Sandy Bridge? > Latest ALPS developments: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14660 Thanks for the reference. Looked through the posts but this is all rocket science for me :-) Guess I shall have to wait. Alexander -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
