Hey, I'm pretty new to linux. Have been trying to see how to get VLC installed for 3 hours now to no avail. I can't find it in Gslapt, i tried getting it from the website and using installpkg in terminal but it gave me an error when trying to start.

Can someone point me in the right direction? I've ...

Hey I finally got this problem fixed a few mins ago.
Thanks to everyone for their input, especially salixcylic :)

For anyone interested I had to put these commands into my xorg.conf-vesa

Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "False"

I ...

@ibka

I think mine is the same as yours, its hard to tell. I just wish you could turn off acceleration and increase sensitivity but I have no idea how.

@cylic

Thanks for the guide, but its more practical for me to use the touchpad until I get my usb mouse working. Is there a setting file I can ...

My wireless is working fine i figured all that out.

The touchpad is pretty much fine, its when I plug in my usb mouse that goes crazy. Everything worked fine in winxp.

If i try to drag something (like resizing a window) it wont grab for the first second, then it will grab but after 2 seconds when ...

thanks salixcylic,

I have already done this to stop the touchpad clicking. Im trying to make its movement even tho, if i move my finger like normal it goes really fast, if i move it slow it hardly moves. Messing with acceleration / threshold makes it worse.

Also when i plug in my intel mouse it ...

Ok, I'm pretty new to linux so talk to me like im stupid please.

Im using the latest version of salix 32-bit on a Dell Inspiron 1525.

My touchpad is a bit sluggish and I cant get it to feel right, any suggestions to get this smoother would help. In windows i use no acceleration and put it up 2 ...