How to tame the touchpad on R40??

[cr-2]

I've just replaced my A20m (which doesn't have a touchpad) with a R40 which
does have a touchpad, and the darn thing's got a mind of its own.   Trouble
is, a tap on the pad is equivalent to a left mouseclick, and I can't avoid my
thumb brushing across it when operating the trackpoint/mouse buttons,
resulting in 'undefined behaviour'.  

Is there any way to disable the 'mouseclick' function of the pad, or else (if
I have to) disable the pad altogether?   (Before I get so frustrated I go
back to my A20?)

Cheers

cr

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[Chris Schumann]

cr wrote:
> Is there any way to disable the 'mouseclick' function of the pad, or else (if
> I have to) disable the pad altogether?   (Before I get so frustrated I go
> back to my A20?)
>  

Easy way to disable touchpad altogether is to do that in the BIOS. Press
F1 when the machine starts. (I always do that with mine.) Maybe someone
else can chime in on how to disable touch to click.

Chris

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[Michael Gaber-2]

Am 26.10.2009 00:06, schrieb cr:

> I've just replaced my A20m (which doesn't have a touchpad) with a R40 which
> does have a touchpad, and the darn thing's got a mind of its own.   Trouble
> is, a tap on the pad is equivalent to a left mouseclick, and I can't avoid my
> thumb brushing across it when operating the trackpoint/mouse buttons,
> resulting in 'undefined behaviour'.
>
> Is there any way to disable the 'mouseclick' function of the pad, or else (if
> I have to) disable the pad altogether?   (Before I get so frustrated I go
> back to my A20?)
>
> Cheers
>
> cr
>

well, 1. solution: disable the mousepad
2. there is a setting for the synaptics driver which is called
"tapToClick" IIRC
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[cr-2]

On Monday 26 October 2009 16:03:18 Chris Schumann wrote:

> cr wrote:
> > Is there any way to disable the 'mouseclick' function of the pad, or else
> > (if I have to) disable the pad altogether?   (Before I get so frustrated
> > I go back to my A20?)
>
> Easy way to disable touchpad altogether is to do that in the BIOS. Press
> F1 when the machine starts. (I always do that with mine.) Maybe someone
> else can chime in on how to disable touch to click.
>
> Chris

Thanks!   I'll do that if no click-disabling solution presents itself.

cr

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