openSUSE 11.04

Hey fellas i'm really digging this OS. A couple of questions though, I checked but can't figure them out.

1) I'm up and running on a Dell Vostro V13. All is good but the TouchPad is driving me nuts. Sporadic swipes or moments will cause me to switch to different desktops. I just now realise why my open windows were disappearing from view. I looked down and saw how touchpad movements would change the desktops from 1-2-3-4 back to 1.

So how do I disable multi desktops or any ideas on how to correct the touchpad issue. I checked input devices and saw nothing regarding jestures. Now scrolling up and down and sideways works via the touchpad.

2) I switched to wireless mode and i'm connected but SUSE says I have no connection so I can't update via WiFi, only LAN works. Any ideas?

edit: I got the wireless to work, so scratch question #2.

 

Did you install Synaptiks?

 

No, i'll check the Repo.

 

If you're running gnome, you should be able to right click on the desktops button (where you would select the desktop # you want to use) and then remove from panel. Fairly straight forward ... I've been able to disable it from there.

Most likely what is happening is you are side scrolling when the pointer is on the same bar as the desktop switcher.

It's hard to communicate here ... haha ... I have no idea what the official terminology is for this stuff in gnome.

 

I'm running KDE and yeah touching the vertical and not the horizontal scroll portion of the touchpad makes it a lot worse. Why it interprets a change to a different desktop is beyond me. I'll check later into it as i'm not at that computer atm.

 

You can also disable changing the desktop shortcut with Computer -> Control Center -> Keyboard Shortcuts. But I'm not sure which key, probably under Window -> Move window one workspace to the left (or right).

 

Type "shortcut" into the search box.(I love this feature, it is like running a program straight from terminal except you don't need to get the fullname right)
Under Global shortcut choose "Kwin" from the drop down box
Or again type "Desktop Effects" into the search box and disable Desktop Switching?

 

Hey fellas should I be running 32 or 64 bit OpenSUSE on my Dell Vostro V13 with a Celeron ULV processor? I know Canonical recommends 32 as well as the Mint team, just wanted your thoughts.

 

I'd say it depends on how much RAM you have. I have 4 GB in my Latitude, so I went with the 64 bit version, and so far everything works pretty well (granted, I don't require a lot out of my linux installs, since I still have windows). Unless you have less than 4 GB of RAM or you need 32 bit, I'd gun for 64 bit.

 

Forget 64 bit, my CPU doesn't support it. The Celeron 743 ULV is 32 bit and only has 1 core.

 

Yeah unless you need the extra ram dont bother with 64bit. Alot more work is needed for 64 bit compared to 32bit.

 

The fix to the scroll Desktop switching is to right click on the Desktop go into Desktop Settings select mouse action and remove the function.

 

Thanks weinter unfortunately i've removed openSUSE 11.4 and i'm now running Mint 11 exclusively. Love my Mint lol.

Mint is not as pretty as openSUSE KDE but everything works out of the box.