Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:41:29 -0400 | From | "Dmitry Torokhov" <> | Subject | Re: Touchpad problems with latest kernels |
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On 8/14/06, Andreas Mohr <andi@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 10:38:04AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I don't *think* I'm a lunatic, but I'm equally sure that the synaptics is a > > pain in the ass and should be capable of being totally disabled somehow, > > hopefully short of opening the lappy up and unplugging or cutting every > > lead to it until such time as it can be made to behave instead of > > responding to every thumb waved 1/2 to 3/4" above it. I've gotten hand > > cramps trying to hold my thumbs far enough away from that abomination to > > stop such goings on. > > > > So count this as a vote FOR doing something about the synaptics touchpad > > situation. > > I'm seeing issues as well on my Dell Inspiron 8000 (yes, it has a Synaptics, > NOT ALPS as usual on Inspiron): > > (without a mouse plugged in) after random times the pointer exhibits > clear signs of craziness, moving on its own (mild issue) or jumping > uncontrollably (worse) or being completely off-screen most of the time > (worst). > > IIRC (I'm quite sure about this) the very first time that I've seen > this phenomenon happen on my notebook was around 2.6.9, > and I attributed this to broken/grown-old hardware on my notebook > (thus from then on mostly running with external mouse attached), > but since several people now report very similar issues > one would think that it's a driver calibration or touchpad setup issue > instead of actually broken touchpad hardware. > > Plus, I'm sometimes having issues with pointer movement (cursor won't advance > any more unless I stop touching the touchpad for a few seconds to let it > reset somehow - probably a bytestream hickup issue). > > Any clues? >
Yes, you might want to reseat your touchpad connector and vacuum the case a bit. Inspiron 8000 is almost the same as 8100 and I am using it constantly ;) Well, I thought my keyboard broke because PgUp stopped working but it recovered after I got a hairball from under the key. Just make sure you do not pull ACPI battery info to often.
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