Netbook with Kubuntu 11.04: how best to tame :-) an uncontrollably jumping cursor?

[Billie Walsh]

On 02/23/2012 06:51 AM, Bas G. Roufs wrote:
> Hello everybody.
>
> Ever since a few months I had troubles again with an uncontrollably
> jumping cursor: at my netbook Asus 1001 HA along with Kubuntu 11.04. I
> type quickly and blind. The cursor often suddenly jumped to another
> position unexpectedly, while typing.
>
> A few minutes ago, I took a look at: SYSTEM SETTINGS > input devices >
> touchpad. There, I scrutinised the tabs "scrolling" and "tapping". In
> both tabs, I ended up in UNchecking or disabling every option I could
> handle in either way. Later today or tomorrow, I will tell whether this
> measure works effectively.
>
> My question for now is: can someone recommend me any other measure with
> a view to taming :-) the jumping cursor? Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks for replying, respectfully yours,
>
> Bas.

I use Synaptiks [ however it's spelled ] to turn off the touch pad and 
use a mouse.


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