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Inspiron 1545 BIOS
I have a dell inspiron running linux mint for a few years the touch pad has never really worked so i always use a usb mouse however when i went to change some setting in the BIOS yesterday i could use the arrow keys but i couldn't tick the boxes or click apply is there a way to get make this work or am i stuffed.(my apologies if this is in the wrong place please move it)
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Saltgrass
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March 2nd, 2017 13:00
I just got my 1545 out and was able to navigate totally using the arrow, tab and space/enter keys...
The tab is important since it takes you into another section of the window selection options. Of course, right arrow expands list.
Saltgrass
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March 2nd, 2017 07:00
I haven't checked mine but does a spacebar click the boxes? The should be something on the Keyboard to allow those selections.
George__Johnson
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March 2nd, 2017 08:00
I have just tried that but no luck it still won't move out of the left menu if I move the mouse at all in any direction the cursor moves to the left side of the screen and won't move at all after that
Thanks for trying
Saltgrass
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March 2nd, 2017 12:00
You have tried moving the mouse to a different USB port?
Batteries? Dirty track light?
George__Johnson
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March 2nd, 2017 23:00
Ok I didn't try the tab botton I'll have to give it a try this after noon also the mouse worked perfectly in Linux mint
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George__Johnson
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March 3rd, 2017 08:00
Thanks to everyone it was just the tab botton I didn't know about