Netbook with Kubuntu 11.04: how best to tame :-) an uncontrollably jumping cursor? SOLVED.
Dear Everybody
Thanks for all the replies that have come in this thread.
A perfectly well workable solution I found in the mean time in this direction:
> You may also want to try synaptiks (in the kde-config-touchpad
> package), which allows you to configure the touchpad to be disabled
> when keyboard activity is detected and turned back on after a
> configurable delay.
The package "kde-config-touchpad" does show up as follows: SYSTEM SETTINGS > Hardware > Input devices > touchpad. However, it is better to evoke it via ALT F2 > give in the search window "Synaptiks". Then, click at "Synaptics touchpad management". Now, a gui appears containing a menu with two parts:
"touchpad management"
"touchpad configuration".
"Touchpad management" does not show up via SYSTEM SETTINGS > Hardware > Input devices > touchpad. That's why, it's better to set "kde-config-touchpad" in motion via ALT F2.
In "Touchpad management" I have checked two boxes:
"Automatically switch off touchpad if a mouse is plugged in".
"Automatically switch off touchpad on keyboard activity".
In "Touchpad Configuration" I have switched off and disabled various options.
In the tab "Hardware settings" I have left UNchecked the box "The touchpad is circular". All other settings I have kept as they are.
In the tab "Cursor motion" I have UNchecked the box "Continue cursor motion when hitting the touchpad edge, for all movements, not only dragging." The speed and acceleration settings I keep as they are.
In the tab "Scrolling" I have UNchecked all the boxes I could uncheck. But I have kept the settings "Move distance to scroll a single line" as "110".
In the tab "tapping" I have unchecked and disabled all the option available there.
As a matter of result, both the mouse and the touchpad work like a charm now. And moreover: the cursor does not jump anymore.
Respectfully yours,
Bas Roufs.
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02-24-2012, 09:47 AM
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Netbook with Kubuntu 11.04: how best to tame :-) an uncontrollably jumping cursor? SOLVED.
On 24/02/12 12:38, Bas G. Roufs wrote:
Dear Everybody
Thanks for all the replies that have come in this thread.
A perfectly well workable solution I found in the mean time in this
direction:
You may also want to try synaptiks (in the kde-config-touchpad
package), which allows you to configure the touchpad to be disabled
when keyboard activity is detected and turned back on after a
configurable delay.
The package "kde-config-touchpad" does show up as follows: SYSTEM
SETTINGS > Hardware > Input devices > touchpad. However, it is better to
evoke it via ALT F2 > give in the search window "Synaptiks". Then, click
at "Synaptics touchpad management". Now, a gui appears containing a menu
with two parts:
"Touchpad management" does not show up via SYSTEM SETTINGS > Hardware >
Input devices > touchpad. That's why, it's better to set
"kde-config-touchpad" in motion via ALT F2.
In "Touchpad management" I have checked two boxes:
* "Automatically switch off touchpad if a mouse is plugged in".
* "Automatically switch off touchpad on keyboard activity".
In "Touchpad Configuration" I have switched off and disabled various
options.
In the tab "Hardware settings" I have left UNchecked the box "The
touchpad is circular". All other settings I have kept as they are.
In the tab "Cursor motion" I have UNchecked the box "Continue cursor
motion when hitting the touchpad edge, for all movements, not only
dragging." The speed and acceleration settings I keep as they are.
In the tab "Scrolling" I have UNchecked all the boxes I could uncheck.
But I have kept the settings "Move distance to scroll a single line" as
"110".
In the tab "tapping" I have unchecked and disabled all the option
available there.
As a matter of result, both the mouse and the touchpad work like a charm
now. And moreover: the cursor does not jump anymore.
As I finally found - it can also be found in kde menu "Utilities" - and
can be set to autostart as a tray "app" on login
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