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Re: touchpad madness

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Subject: Re: touchpad madness
From: Gregory <rylar22@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:18:53 -0800 (PST)
When I first put Dapper on my laptop the mouse pad
became far too sensitive to light brushing of my
thumbs... So I set my touchpad clicking to be disabled
for 2 seconds after I type on the keyboard... so I can
still brush the touch pad... Yet, when I do brush the
pad, it can't change the placement of my cursor while
typing.

http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/disable-touchpad-temporarily-when-typing/

Is a link to simple directions on how to fiddle with
the touch pad.

~ Greg
--- humlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> That happens to me, too! I never liked touchpads,
> anyway, but when I
> bought my new laptop that's all you could get. It's
> a Vaio with an Alps
> touchpad. Sometimes the mouse jumps to a random
> area. At first I assumed
> I was touching the touchpad, but it turns out I
> don't touch the touchpad
> when it happens. I wonder if it's just a Linux thing
> with the Alps. BTW,
> my alps touchpad doesn't scroll under edgy, but
> scrolls fine under
> dapper - same xorg.conf.
> 
> -Charlie
> 
> Jaye Inabnit, ke6sls wrote:
> > hey gang:
> > 
> > Maybe it's just me, but this HP laptop drives me
> friggin nuts when I'm typing 
> > away.  Sometimes my mouse simply jumps to a random
> area in a document and I 
> > realize I'm typing in a wrong field.
> > 
> > Is this a touch pad issue, or is it my big fat
> thumbs bumping the touch pad?  
> > My old time gateway touch pad never seemed to do
> this. . .
> > 
> > It absolutely drives me nuts!
> > 
> > Regards all
> > 
> > Jaye, ke6sls
> > 
> > 
> 



 
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