In PcLOs, there's a setup where you can disable the touchpad when a
mouse is plugged in to the USB port. It's based around a synaptiks
package. I did not see the same thing in Debian Squeeze, altho there is
a setup that (supposedly) disables the touchpad while you are typing.
/snip/
It works nicely--I'm using it right now. Since PcLOs
uses > KDE 4.4.5 (this version, anyway) and Debian uses Gnome, that
may be why > the capability is missing.
--doug
Sorry for the deception--I have both programs, as well as
Debian--on this laptop, and I thought I was writing from Linux.
Not from Debian tho. Its mail setup is ferblunget, and I haven't
gotten it to work. Why can't I have good old Thunderbird????
--doug
I turned off the touchpad, so now I have just the Trackpoint enabled. I
also have been disconnecting the laser mouse in order to eliminate
another variable. Since I could reproduce the problem in some cases, I
have a hard time believing that I'm accidentally hitting the touchpad
with my hand while typing. My lower thumb joint is the closest and I'd
have to deliberately rotate my hands in an uncomfortable position in
order to touch it while my hands are in a keyboarding position.
I got a real scare when saving the new BIOS settings and rebooting.
When X started to load and I got the screen with the "x" cursor in the
middle, it stopped loading X. I could move the cursor with the
Trackpoint, but I wasn't getting a usable screen. I hit
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and got a console, then re-entered "startx" and it
loaded up just fine. I assume that X needed to re-evaluate the landscape
after having the BIOS change. The errors listed were:
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
(EE) Error compiling keymap (server 0)
(EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap
I hope that's the last that I'll see of that. Is there a config file
somewhere that I should edit?
By the way, I'm not currently using a gui login such as kdm, gdm or xdm.
The laptop just boots to a commandline, then I type "startx" and load
IceWM. Recently I've been test driving FluxBox.
I'll swap back and forth using the touchpad and see if I can figure out
exactly what's happening. It's working OK now, but I'm skeptical that
the simplest answer is the correct one.
Thanks for your help.
Elmer E. Dow
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Elmer E. Dow wrote:
> When typing on my laptop, occasionally my cursor will skip back (up)
> a few lines and I'll be entering text in the midst of text
> ...
> What's happening here? My sleeve isn't touching the touchpad nor did
> I bump the Trackpoint nor the mouse. I'm not accidentally hitting
I am confident it is the touchpad. I have the same problem.
Disabling the touchpad will avoid the problem. Personally I did not
want to unconditionally disable the touchpad. I would use it more if
it were not for that annoying behavior.
The syndaemon gives me great relief and results.
$ apt-cache show xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
* It also provides a daemon to disable touchpad while typing at
the keyboard and thus avoid unwanted mouse movements (see
syndaemon(1)).
It detects keyboard activity and for a configurable time disables the
touchpad. When idle is detected it enables the touchpad.
I launch it like this (in my ~/.xsession file, but you would need more
than this there).
Le 10/09/2010 18:19, Elmer E. Dow a écrit :
When typing on my laptop, occasionally my cursor will skip back (up) a
few lines and I'll be entering text in the midst of text previously
entered. Sometimes I can't reproduce it, but this morning when typing
the word "we're" the cursor would jump up about three lines when I hit
the apostrophe (single quote " ' ") key. I deleted the text I
accidentally entered because of the problem, then retyped the word and
the cursor again jumped back to that same spot. It repeated three or
for times, then began to act normally.
It happened again typing this e-mail message. I was typing the word
"typing" and the cursor jumped up a couple of lines and started
entering text in the midst of the word "text."
What's happening here? My sleeve isn't touching the touchpad nor did I
bump the Trackpoint nor the mouse. I'm not accidentally hitting the
wrong key. The embedded 10-key pad isn't activated and the keys in
question aren't on that part of the keyboard anyway. The machine in
question is an IBM R40 laptop running Lenny. I have a triple-boot
system: two versions of Debian (I'm in Lenny now) and WinXP. I don't
r(it just jumped down the page two lines and to the left)ecall it
happening in XP, but I only use XP a few times per year. I think that
it happens in the other version of Debian (I think I've got Sarge
there). I'm assuming that this is not a keyboard issue. If it were, I
would think that the key would either enter properly or not, rather
than enter an improper character. Or is it a CPU going nuts? Is it
(just did it again when I typed the "t" in the previous word) a
problem with X or a the driver for the keyboard, mouse, etc.? This has
been happening for months. It's weird and frustrating. How can I
diagnose this?
Elmer E. Dow
This sounds like an hardware issue.
Did you try (if possible) to disable your touchpad? If this is not
possible, try an external USB/PS2 keayboard and type "we're" ;-)
My MSI Wind behaves the same because of the touchpad: it becomes really
sensible as it gets warmer, after a tens of minutes. When disabled all
is ok.
Nicolas
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09-14-2010, 02:29 PM
"Elmer E. Dow"
Occasional random cursor movement while typing
Bob Proulx wrote:
Elmer E. Dow wrote:
When typing on my laptop, occasionally my cursor will skip back (up)
a few lines and I'll be entering text in the midst of text
...
What's happening here? My sleeve isn't touching the touchpad nor did
I bump the Trackpoint nor the mouse. I'm not accidentally hitting
I am confident it is the touchpad. I have the same problem.
Disabling the touchpad will avoid the problem. Personally I did not
want to unconditionally disable the touchpad. I would use it more if
it were not for that annoying behavior.
The syndaemon gives me great relief and results.
$ apt-cache show xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
* It also provides a daemon to disable touchpad while typing at
the keyboard and thus avoid unwanted mouse movements (see
syndaemon(1)).
It detects keyboard activity and for a configurable time disables the
touchpad. When idle is detected it enables the touchpad.
I launch it like this (in my ~/.xsession file, but you would need more
than this there).
A little research resulted in my finding instructions to add the
following to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in order to enable SHMConfig:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "enable synaptics SHMConfig"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection
In typing the above, I discovered what's happening!!!!!
The cursor jumped again as I was typing the "t" in "little." I tried to
replicate what I was doing and discovered that it's not the touchpad
that I'm touching but the left clicker key situated in front of the
touchpad. The return spring under that key has become weak and mushy
over seven or eight years of almost daily service. As I reach to strike
the "r" and "t" keys I sometimes brush the clicker key with the bottom
of the lower thumb knuckle of the left hand. When that happens, the*
cursor jumps to wherever the* mouse pointer happens to be and enters
the character there.
I need to be careful to keep my left hand farther above the keys while
typing. It would also be helpful to replace the spring under the left
clicker key. (This diagnosis also explains why the problem has grown
worse with age.)
Thanks to all for your patience and advice.
Elmer E. Dow
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09-15-2010, 04:09 PM
Bob Proulx
Occasional random cursor movement while typing
Elmer E. Dow wrote:
> <html>
Ouch! Since I struggled through reading it I will quote more of the
original message here for the rest of us.
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > I am confident it is the touchpad. I have the same problem.
> Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled?
> A little research resulted in my finding instructions to add the
> following to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in order to enable SHMConfig:
> Section "InputClass"
> Identifier "enable synaptics SHMConfig"
> MatchIsTouchpad "on"
> MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
> Driver "synaptics"
> Option "SHMConfig" "on"
> EndSection
Oh, yes, I had forgotten about the need to do that.
> In typing the above, I discovered what's happening!!!!!
>
> The cursor jumped again as I was typing the "t" in "little." I tried to
> replicate what I was doing and discovered that it's not the touchpad
> that I'm touching but the left clicker key situated in front of the
> touchpad. The return spring under that key has become weak and mushy
> over seven or eight years of almost daily service. As I reach to strike
> the "r" and "t" keys I sometimes brush the clicker key with the bottom
> of the lower thumb knuckle of the left hand. When that happens, the
> cursor jumps to wherever the mouse pointer happens to be and enters
> the character there.
>
> I need to be careful to keep my left hand farther above the keys while
> typing. It would also be helpful to replace the spring under the left
> clicker key. (This diagnosis also explains why the problem has grown
> worse with age.)
>
> Thanks to all for your patience and advice.
I am glad to hear that you have resolved the problem! (And maybe
someone else will find the syndaemon information useful anyway.)
Occasional random cursor movement while typing
