Trackpad

I am running Mandriva Gnome 2009 on my AAO hard drive model and I am quite impressed - much better than Linpus and reasonable boot time. I have 2 problems though.

1. The trackpad is just too fast for scrolling. Can this be slowed down or switched off?
2. WiFi works fine on my home network, but although it recognized "The Cloud" in a McDonald's today, I couldn't get it to connect. My iPhone had no problem.

One other curiosity is that none of the video players will work if 3d desktop effects are turned on!
Otherwise I am quite impressed. I would like to play around with it more but I need a backup and restore routine first!

 

I am not sure how the menus are laid out in Mandriva but in most Gnome distros there is a "Mouse" menu selection under system--->preferences.

You can adjust the sensitivity of the pointer there.

 

I don't use the touch pad but just went and tried to change the setting for it and in the menu under system/preferences/mouse and was successful in changing the touch pad settings in Mandriva 2009 Gnome.

 

I have the same problem when using the trackpad for scrolling. When I slide my finger up or down on the right side of the trackpad, the display scrolls vertically very rapidly. The adjustment for scrolling speed is not in the system preference -- mouse. I still like Mandrivia 2009 with Gnome better than Limpus.

 

Hmm, why the obsession with Gnome. if you people would only give KDE a try, you could install ksynaptics and use that to configure your touchpads. As it is, I suppose you'll have to install gsynaptics instead. Hmph.