touchpad

[Richard Vickery]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Richard Vickery <
richard.vickeryrv at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Samuel Sieb <samuel at sieb.net> wrote:
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>> On 11/17/2013 08:22 PM, Richard Vickery wrote:
>>
>>> I need something a /little/ more technical than this. I had it working
>>>
>>> on after the first install of Fedora; lost it through working with the
>>> settings menu; tried to get it working with a technician on campus;
>>> re-installed Fedora after messing up the system because of hard drive
>>> encryption; and, where before the new install the touchpad was sending
>>> data, not it is not.
>>>
>>>  Touchpads are generally foolproof for working.  The only suggestion I
>> have is to check for a touchpad disable switch.  A little more detail would
>> help as well.  Model of laptop?  Check your dmesg for any lines from
>> psmouse or serio.
>> --
>>
> The computer is an Acer Travelmate X483-6691
>
How does one view the dmesg? When I try vi most of what I see is gibberish
- @ signs with a few meaningless capital letters.
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