On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 07:41, Kim Lux wrote: > I'd also love to run both the touchpad and a USB mouse at the same time. > I like using the touchpad for quick, little mouse tasks, without taking > my hands from the keyboard. I like using the USB mouse for bigger > things. I agree - and this just works for me. If you plug in a USB mouse, what happens? On my notebook with a Synaptics touchpad both the touchpad and the mouse work when I plug in the mouse. If it doesn't work for you, I'm wondering if the computer's BIOS is doing something "interesting". In that case maybe dmesg output might contain some interesting clues (i.e. perhaps the touchpad actually gets disconnected automatically). Cheers, Per -- Per Bjornsson <perbj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University