--- Gordon <
baohx2000@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone know of a distr on which the touch-pad on a
> presario laptop
> (about 1 year old) will work? I haven't found
> anything yet...or is
> there something special to add to the install to
> check for it? I'll
> eventually google for the answer when I get time,
> but was hoping someone
> might know.
>
> Thanks!
> Gordon
Is that the r3000 series? if so there is a discussion
group specific to running linux on it and the HP
equivalent:
http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000
I have Fedora Core 4 running nicely on an HP Pavilion
z5000 (same as the r3000). I have the ALPS touchpad
with scroll working after a little tweaking. You'll
need to install synaptics drivers and edit your x
config. (oh and I also use an usb mouse with no probs
switching between the two.)
When researching how to get the scroll working, I read
articles from people getting it to work on Debian
Sarge, Ubuntu, and Slackware also.
I seem to recall a couple distros had the touchpad(w/o
scroll) working out-of-the box: Mepis, Suse, and
Mandriva. (I tried a few before settling on Fedora.)
Most likely you will have to tweak a little if you
want the scroll working for any distro.
-j
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