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Touchpad Tap Function Won't Work On Laptop PC

Submitted by Sudheer on Sun, 07/27/2008 - 13:16.

Issue: The laptop PC has the PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad. The tap function or the double click function does not work out of the box on a fresh Fedora 9 install.

Solution: Add psmouse.proto=imps to the grub configuration file

Step 1: Open the grub configuration from a text editor
vi /etc/grub.conf

Step 2: Append psmouse.proto=imps to the kernel line
I am pasting the information from my computer. It may vary slightly on your computer.

Before: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.10-86.fc9.i686 ro root=UUID=c1c4deb3-cc72-4ce6-b76f-4c4a8d61b61e rhgb quiet

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Network Manager Icon Is Not Appearing On The GNOME Panel

Submitted by Sudheer on Sat, 07/26/2008 - 12:22.

You want to connect to a wireless network and you can't figure out how to get the Network Manager icon to appear on the GNOME Panel. How frustrating.

Don't worry, here's how you can sort it out.

You have to make sure that

  1. Network Manager service is started and
  2. You have enabled the Network Manager Applet

Below are the steps you need to follow to get Network Manger icon to appear on the GNOME Panel


Step 1: Install Network Manager if not done already
yum install NetworkManager

Step 2: Start the Network Manager service

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