[K12OSN] Alps touch pad on a laptop

[John P. Conlon]

I have a track ball the size of a tennis ball and even with the 
sensitivity and acceleration turned as slow as possible the student 
still has trouble.  With the pad the student can get the pointer 
positioned provided the tap doesn't happen or the scroll area gets 
entered.  I'll look at the web page and see what I can do.
Thanks
Pat

James P. Kinney III wrote:

>tpconfig may provide better control. http://www.compass.com/synaptics/
>
>It should allow the taps and scrolling to be turned off. I've seen some
>users with rather shaky hands (Parkinsons tremors) work ok  with a mouse
>with very low resolution or a very large trackball (Kensington make a
>nice one the size of a que ball. Because of it's inertia, it sits still
>when they lift their hand during a bad tremor.)
>
>On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 12:01 -0600, jconlon1 at elp.rr.com wrote:
>  
>
>>I have an Inspiron 6000 that has an Alps touch pad mouse.  The tap and
>>scroll features are activated when the terminal is started.  I have a
>>limited mobility student who uses the laptop from time to time who has
>>shakey hands and the tap and scroll features are a problem.
>>
>>How do I go about turning the tap and scroll features off?
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>Pat
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