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  • 03-11-2011 11:01pm
    #1
    portron niner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭


    I was running Windows Vista on a 4 year old laptop that was mostly used for web browsing & downloading, but it kept shutting down. Task manager was telling me that the cpu was running at 100% nearly all the time. It was getting very hot quite soon after booting up. I opened it up, cleaned the fan & heatsink & installed Ubuntu, didn't like it much & then installed Mint. I really like using this OS, but have just one problem with it; I can't get my middle trackpad button to work. Could someone explain to me how I can do this? bear in mind that I'm only using Linux 3 or 4 days now. I've had a look at a few forums but they all seem to be geared towards power users. I'd be delighted if I could sort this out.


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  • #2
    Saganist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭Saganist


    portron niner wrote: »
    my middle trackpad button

    What do you mean by this ?


  • #3
    portron niner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭portron niner


    Saganist wrote: »
    portron niner wrote: »
    my middle trackpad button

    What do you mean by this ?

    Between the left & right mouse buttons there is a 4 way directional rocker button for scrolling etc. When I had windows installed on the laptop, I was able to open up links in a new tab by clicking it. Very handy.


  • #4
    PrzemoF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    Open terminal and type "lsusb" (it's for list usb devices) and send the output here - I want to find out what exactly type of pad you have. Then we can try to find how to make it work.


  • #5
    portron niner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭portron niner


    Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 002 Device 002: ID 5986:0102 Acer, Inc Crystal Eye Webcam
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    Doesn't look like it's listed there, is there somewhere to download drivers etc? It's an Acer laptop, would there be any Linux support on their website?


  • #6
    jonathan11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 201 ✭✭jonathan11


    ctrl left click will open in a new tab if you can't get that button working


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  • #7
    duffman85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 339 ✭✭duffman85


    Hi,

    what model of laptop do you have? Acer xxxx

    Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu so have a look here:

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportMachinesLaptopsAcer

    and here:

    http://community.linuxmint.com/hardware/search

    to see if there's any compatibility issues with your laptop.


  • #8
    PrzemoF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    Hmmm, "lspci"?


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