Trackpad Tap

Longman, Bill yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri Sep 12 12:38:06 2003


> There may be folks who may not know they must press OPTION-F2 (no 
> function key) to toggle trackpad tapping on, enable dragging and 
> drag-lock.  I was discouraged after the trackpad worked during 
> installation but was not working once the system booted.

Scott,

You can also change the /etc/sysconfig/trackpad file.

Mine says:

TRACKPAD_OPT=drag

The options are, notap, tap, drag, and lock. They are in cumulative, too. In
other words, using tap implies notap. Using drag implies notap, and tap.
Lock implies all three.

Bill