From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pop.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20] helo=mail.gmx.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 179QLa-0002JM-00 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 09:03:39 -0400 Received: (qmail 1946 invoked by uid 0); 19 May 2002 13:03:08 -0000 Received: from dhcp250-10-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.10.250) by mail.gmx.net (mp011-rz3) with SMTP; 19 May 2002 13:03:08 -0000 Message-ID: <009601c1ff35$718e8640$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: Subject: Re: interesting experiment. Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 09:00:07 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Alex Snow" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: How would a person tern of that padmouse thing? My laptop had both the stick and the pad, and I got rid of the stick but not the pad. The stick used to be right in the middle of the keyboard where I might hit it while typing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toby Fisher" To: Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 1:55 AM Subject: Re: interesting experiment. > On Sun, 19 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Here's another one. > > > > Can one yet get a readable report on installed hardware under > > Windows? > > Actually, to be fair, one can, and has done for at least a couple of years > now. I've used it to do such things as compile a hardware list to ease my > transition to Linux, and also to turn off the glide mouse thingy on my > laptop, you know, the thing that uses your finger, sleeveor whatever comes > into contact with the pad as a pointer, and whose left and right buttons > (yes, I know, why two buttons?) are in just the place where they're likely > to get pressed when you least want/need. > > > As I recall, there's such a > thing, but it writes a graphical > file. Not at all as friendly as dmesg. > > I'll agree with you about dmesg, much nicer. > > Cheers. > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby@g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >