Hello

I have a Thinkpad w700. I'm running Mandriva with KDE 4.1.
I am having a few problems. First off KDE seems to be VERY VERY greedy when it comes to 2D window graphics. I run maya a 3D app and if I need to resize a window I can wait around 30 to 60 seconds for a refresh. I'm running the NVIDIA drivers.

Second problem I'm having is the digital tablet. I works only in relative mode like a mouse. I would need it to work in absolute mode.

Last but not least is the scroll pad. If I touch the scroll pad my mouse goes wild up and down. I can only stop it if I hold the RMB on the scroll pad.

Other then that, things are compatible.

Thanks for any help

These all sound like X problems. I believe there is a thread on the forums about problems with NVidia drivers. I believe it is currently best if you run the latest bleeding edge NVidia beta.

Digital tablet - Mandriva should have configuration for this in its control center, their should be a selection for the mode, although it probably won't be named that.

Scrollpad - No idea. could probably be solved in the control center as well, might also pay to check the mouse sensitivity in System Settings ( KDE 4 Control Center also known as Personal Settings )

bcooksley wrote:These all sound like X problems. I believe there is a thread on the forums about problems with NVidia drivers. I believe it is currently best if you run the latest bleeding edge NVidia beta.

Digital tablet - Mandriva should have configuration for this in its control center, their should be a selection for the mode, although it probably won't be named that.

Scrollpad - No idea. could probably be solved in the control center as well, might also pay to check the mouse sensitivity in System Settings ( KDE 4 Control Center also known as Personal Settings )

Thanks for the reply.

I don't want to get a bleeding edge driver... Just don't want to go in that direction.

For the tablet... didn't find anything. I can find wacom drivers... but it doesn't seem to see my tablet.

I looked in the KDE settings for the scroll pad... and found nothing...

There are reports here of a massive speed boost with the latest beta drivers ( I do not think Nvidia has released a single Linux stable driver )

I believe there are other drivers other than wacom for tablets. The Mandriva configuration center should have a place for configuring "Graphics" which is where you will probably find Mouse / Keyboard / Touchscreen config as well.

bcooksley wrote:There are reports here of a massive speed boost with the latest beta drivers ( I do not think Nvidia has released a single Linux stable driver )

I believe there are other drivers other than wacom for tablets. The Mandriva configuration center should have a place for configuring "Graphics" which is where you will probably find Mouse / Keyboard / Touchscreen config as well.

I've have been using Mandriva AKA Mandrake since version 5. I know my way around.
You can config the mouse or trackpad. but you need to get a special rpm package to adjust the wacom. I did this before but the w700 tablet is not recognized as a wacom.

That is why I was wondering if KDE had some special config tools.

I will give the beta NVIDIA drivers a try...

Thanks

KDE at this time does not have any Touchscreen configuration tools, at least not that are officially shipped.

Could you please post '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' and the output of 'lspci'?
Thanks.

bcooksley wrote:KDE at this time does not have any Touchscreen configuration tools, at least not that are officially shipped.

Could you please post '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' and the output of 'lspci'?
Thanks.

The w700 does not have a touchscreen. it has a digital tablet... like a wacom tablet device.

The system according to thinkwiki seems to be fairly recent.

Do you know the specific hardware revision and model number of the Touchscreen ( Digitizer )? A workaround may be available ( lspci should list it )

With regard to the mouse pointer becoming uncontrollable when the scrolling area is used, this issue is noted here. No solution was provided unfortunately

bcooksley wrote:The system according to thinkwiki seems to be fairly recent.

Do you know the specific hardware revision and model number of the Touchscreen ( Digitizer )? A workaround may be available ( lspci should list it )

With regard to the mouse pointer becoming uncontrollable when the scrolling area is used, this issue is noted here. No solution was provided unfortunately

The information about the hardware is very limited. It's to new yet... most people do know about the system very well even in IBM tech support.