distro for compaq laptop?

[Josh Coffman]

--- Gordon <baohx2000 at 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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