<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"> <html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css"> p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } </style></head><body style=" font-family:'Ubuntu'; font-size:8pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;"> 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: <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; -qt-list-indent: 1;"><li style=" font-size:12pt;" style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">"touchpad management"</li> <li style=" font-size:12pt;" style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">"touchpad configuration".</li></ul> "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: <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; -qt-list-indent: 1;"><li style=" font-size:12pt;" style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">"Automatically switch off touchpad if a mouse is plugged in". </li> <li style=" font-size:12pt;" style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:12px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">"Automatically switch off touchpad on keyboard activity".</li></ul> 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. -- ==== Bas G. Roufs MA Van 't Hoffstraat 1 NL-3514 VT Utrecht +31 30 785 20 40 +31 6 446 835 10 BasRoufs@gmail.com OS: Linux Kubuntu 11.04, kubuntu.org Websites in construction: * rainbowgathering.eu * basroufs.eu * viaconsensus.nl </body></html>