Messages in this thread | | | From | "Luke Sharkey" <> | Subject | Re: Touchpad problems with latest kernels | Date | Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:59:40 +0100 |
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Hello
>Ok, there seems to be two distinct issues here. 1) Synaptics >'supersensitive' mode, 2) pointer 'freezing'. Hmmm... perhaps "jerky" was the wrong choice of word. I don't at all mean I've had a supersensitive touchpad: quite the opposite. What I was trying to convey was the fact that when my pointer freezes, sometimes it becomes unfrozen again suddenly (for a brief time) and then moves forward a little, then gets stuck again, and in this way is "jerky". So not supersensitivity. (Apologies for any confusion).
>The trick is to have a terminal open and then do alt-tab (presuming that it >does not unfreeze the pointer)
Yes, I've been doing that as a worthwhile precaution. Sometimes the pointer seems to get so stuck even when I plug in a normal mouse, it remains frozen. Seeing as Linux is less easily controlled with the keyboard compared to MS-Windows, sometimes all I can do is Alt-tab to the terminal window and do a command line reboot.
(Off topic question: why not have the K menu open when the "MS-Windows" button on the keyboard is pressed, as happens with the "Start" button on MS-windows?)
*However*, I have noticed that sometimes when I alt-tab between any windows / programs I have open, sometimes the pointer becomes unstuck again...
>Also, is there programs that poll status of your battery or monitor box's >temperature?
Battery charge level, yes, but not the box's temperature. I have tried lots of apps to try and do this, e.g. gkrellm, but there is no support for this on my laptop. Besides, these problems often evidence themselves soon after I switch on, so I don't think laptop temperature would still be a problem that early. Also, I rip the occasional DVD, sometimes leaving my computer on for 5+ hours: it doesn't overheat.
>Oh, another one... try booting with "ec_intr=0" on the kernel command line >to disable embedded controller interrupt mode.
>And finally, can I mples get a dmesg (or /var/log/messages) of boot with >"i8042.debug=1 log_buf_len=131072" please?
Thank you for the suggestions. I will try the kernel option, and post the results of the error log.
Yours, LS
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