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

[O. Sinclair]

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"
>   * "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.
>
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