I've just installed 11.0 on a Fujitsu Lifebok A Series. This is a dual boot
system with Vista on the same drive.

What is happening is this. On the KDE desktop (both 3.5 & 4.0) if I move
the cursor over the K Menu the menu pops up. But when I try to move the
cursor up into the menu area to select something the menu disappears. No
matter which direction I move the cursor the menu closes. The only way I
can get to the menu items is this. First I place the cursor over the K
Menu icon and the menu appears. Now I've got to use the "^" arrow key to
move the cursor up into the menu and the "<" and ">" arrow keys to navigate
left/right. This can't be right. So any ideas how to fix this ??

P.S. My experience with laptops/portables is quite limited. So maybe this
is common. Time to expand my knowledge base. Also, the computer has a
built-in web cam. Anyone set up one on a Lifebook before ? What is the
procedure ?

Thanks.

Michael Soibelman wrote:

> I've just installed 11.0 on a Fujitsu Lifebok A Series. This is a dual
> boot system with Vista on the same drive.
>
> What is happening is this. On the KDE desktop (both 3.5 & 4.0) if I move
> the cursor over the K Menu the menu pops up. But when I try to move the
> cursor up into the menu area to select something the menu disappears. No
> matter which direction I move the cursor the menu closes. The only way I
> can get to the menu items is this. First I place the cursor over the K
> Menu icon and the menu appears. Now I've got to use the "^" arrow key to
> move the cursor up into the menu and the "<" and ">" arrow keys to
> navigate
> left/right. This can't be right. So any ideas how to fix this ??
>
> P.S. My experience with laptops/portables is quite limited. So maybe
> this
> is common. Time to expand my knowledge base. Also, the computer has a
> built-in web cam. Anyone set up one on a Lifebook before ? What is the
> procedure ?
>
> Thanks.

Sorry. I said mouse but I meant touch pad as this is a notebook computer.
No mouse was harmed in this experiment !

Michael Soibelman wrote:
> I've just installed 11.0 on a Fujitsu Lifebok A Series. This is a dual boot
> system with Vista on the same drive.
>
> What is happening is this. On the KDE desktop (both 3.5 & 4.0) if I move
> the cursor over the K Menu the menu pops up. But when I try to move the
> cursor up into the menu area to select something the menu disappears. No
> matter which direction I move the cursor the menu closes. The only way I
> can get to the menu items is this. First I place the cursor over the K
> Menu icon and the menu appears. Now I've got to use the "^" arrow key to
> move the cursor up into the menu and the "<" and ">" arrow keys to navigate
> left/right. This can't be right. So any ideas how to fix this ??
>

Weird. Well I'll suggest the obvious just in case: Are you doing this
all in one motion? If not, your touchpad may have a setting where taps
are interpreted as left button presses. So maybe you are accidentally
tapping?

Michael Soibelman <in-the@ether.net> wrote:
>Michael Soibelman wrote:

>> I've just installed 11.0 on a Fujitsu Lifebok A Series. This is a dual
>> boot system with Vista on the same drive.
>>
>> What is happening is this. On the KDE desktop (both 3.5 & 4.0) if I move
>> the cursor over the K Menu the menu pops up. But when I try to move the
>> cursor up into the menu area to select something the menu disappears. No
>> matter which direction I move the cursor the menu closes. The only way I
>> can get to the menu items is this. First I place the cursor over the K
>> Menu icon and the menu appears. Now I've got to use the "^" arrow key to
>> move the cursor up into the menu and the "<" and ">" arrow keys to
>> navigate
>> left/right. This can't be right. So any ideas how to fix this ??
>>
>> P.S. My experience with laptops/portables is quite limited. So maybe
>> this
>> is common. Time to expand my knowledge base. Also, the computer has a
>> built-in web cam. Anyone set up one on a Lifebook before ? What is the
>> procedure ?
>>
>> Thanks.

>Sorry. I said mouse but I meant touch pad as this is a notebook computer.
>No mouse was harmed in this experiment !

AHA! I've had that problem over many versions of SUSE. It seems
that the touch pad is very sensitive under SUSE and often thinks
you've tapped in (thus closing the menu) when you've done no such
thing.

A plugged in mouse works for me. And VERY CAREFULL moving of my
finger on the touchpad has also (occasionally) worked.

Of course, your milage may be different...

--
--- Paul J. Gans

Paul J Gans wrote:
> Michael Soibelman <in-the@ether.net> wrote:
>> Michael Soibelman wrote:
>
>>> I've just installed 11.0 on a Fujitsu Lifebok A Series. This is a dual
>>> boot system with Vista on the same drive.
>>>
>>> What is happening is this. On the KDE desktop (both 3.5 & 4.0) if I move
>>> the cursor over the K Menu the menu pops up. But when I try to move the
>>> cursor up into the menu area to select something the menu disappears. No
>>> matter which direction I move the cursor the menu closes. The only way I
>>> can get to the menu items is this. First I place the cursor over the K
>>> Menu icon and the menu appears. Now I've got to use the "^" arrow key to
>>> move the cursor up into the menu and the "<" and ">" arrow keys to
>>> navigate
>>> left/right. This can't be right. So any ideas how to fix this ??
>>>
>>> P.S. My experience with laptops/portables is quite limited. So maybe
>>> this
>>> is common. Time to expand my knowledge base. Also, the computer has a
>>> built-in web cam. Anyone set up one on a Lifebook before ? What is the
>>> procedure ?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>
>> Sorry. I said mouse but I meant touch pad as this is a notebook computer.
>> No mouse was harmed in this experiment !
>
> AHA! I've had that problem over many versions of SUSE. It seems
> that the touch pad is very sensitive under SUSE and often thinks
> you've tapped in (thus closing the menu) when you've done no such
> thing.

My Acer Aspire does exactly the same thing with 11.0 and I keep meaning
to look in Yast to see if there is a way to reduce the sensitivity of
the touchpad. As you say, an external mouse works fine which is why I
haven't spent the time trying to adjust it....

class_a wrote:

> Paul J Gans wrote:
>> Michael Soibelman <in-the@ether.net> wrote:
>>> Michael Soibelman wrote:
>>
>>>> I've just installed 11.0 on a Fujitsu Lifebok A Series. This is a dual
>>>> boot system with Vista on the same drive.
>>>>
>>>> What is happening is this. On the KDE desktop (both 3.5 & 4.0) if I
>>>> move
>>>> the cursor over the K Menu the menu pops up. But when I try to move
>>>> the
>>>> cursor up into the menu area to select something the menu disappears.
>>>> No
>>>> matter which direction I move the cursor the menu closes. The only way
>>>> I
>>>> can get to the menu items is this. First I place the cursor over the K
>>>> Menu icon and the menu appears. Now I've got to use the "^" arrow key
>>>> to move the cursor up into the menu and the "<" and ">" arrow keys to
>>>> navigate
>>>> left/right. This can't be right. So any ideas how to fix this ??
>>>>
>>>> P.S. My experience with laptops/portables is quite limited. So maybe
>>>> this
>>>> is common. Time to expand my knowledge base. Also, the computer has a
>>>> built-in web cam. Anyone set up one on a Lifebook before ? What is
>>>> the procedure ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>
>>> Sorry. I said mouse but I meant touch pad as this is a notebook
>>> computer. No mouse was harmed in this experiment !
>>
>> AHA! I've had that problem over many versions of SUSE. It seems
>> that the touch pad is very sensitive under SUSE and often thinks
>> you've tapped in (thus closing the menu) when you've done no such
>> thing.
>
> My Acer Aspire does exactly the same thing with 11.0 and I keep meaning
> to look in Yast to see if there is a way to reduce the sensitivity of
> the touchpad. As you say, an external mouse works fine which is why I
> haven't spent the time trying to adjust it....

I have a PS/2 trackball but this computer seems to have something
else..probably a PS/3 if there is such a thing...

I looked at Yast hardware information and it seems that this machine has
BOTH the ALPS and the PS/2 drivers present. I think there is a conflict
and I'll experiment with commenting out one or the other to see if that
helps. I read something online from a Google search and this problem seems
to occur with other distros as well when using the touch pad.

I'll keep trying until it works...