[ltp] trackpoint issue thinkpad x30

[Richard Neill]

Matthew O'Gorman wrote:
> well other than that ctrl click doesnt open a new tab, 

I never knew that - I always use the middle button instead!

or shift click
> doesnt select things from point a to point b, 

didn't know that either Thanks :-)

Both work for me now, when I try them. (Using KDE, Firefox)

the mouse is unmovable
> till i release the ctrl or shift key, however after i release the
> mouse will jump in the direction i was moving it.

Can you try it with a window which only occupies about 1/2 of the 
screen? Does the window itself do anything interesting (such as move, or 
resize)?


Richard


> 
> mog
> 
> On 2/26/07, Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Matthew O'Gorman wrote:
>> > oh i didnt type the other part, my bad.  I opened it up in twm and
>> > ctrl click does the exact same thing.  I will try a knoppix cd tonight
>> > I hope, but i doubt that will solve it, thanks for the suggestions
>> > thus far.
>>
>> That's really odd!  Will be interested to see what Knoppix does.
>>
>> Just to check the obvious, how do you know that the application isn't
>> broken? What do you expect Ctrl-Click to do, and in which app?
>>
>> Richard
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