Mouse drift on Dell Latitude c840 running Feisty 7.04

[Kim Goldenberg]

Adam M wrote:
> Hi Florin,
>
> Thanks for the reply. The previous owner of this laptop used it with
> Windows 2000 without any problems with the touchpad. That's not to say
> that the hardware isn't quirky, but it worked at least under Windows.
>
> In any case, it's interesting that you mentioned Fedora Core, because I
> was going to try FC6 on this laptop next if I can't get it working under
> Ubuntu.
>
> Thanks again,
> Adam
>
>
> On Mon, 14 May 2007 10:08:23 -0700, "Florin Andrei"
> <florin at andrei.myip.org> said:
>   
>> Adam wrote:
>>     
>>> The issue is that the mouse cursor has a mind of its own, wandering to
>>> (and getting stuck in) either the upper-right or lower-left corner of
>>> the screen. I've seen others post similar reports, but so far I haven't
>>> seen any resolution that works on my laptop.
>>>       
>> I could be wrong, but I thought this is a hardware issue?
>> I noticed this problem with an older Latitude and Linux Fedora Core 4, 5 
>> and 6.
>>
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>   
Adam -
    I am using a C840 right now, have had from Dapper through Edgy to 
Feisty on it and I don't ever recall this mouse problem on it. I do use 
it in a dock at work with a traditional mouse/keyboard through a KVM 
unit (two desktop under the desk). Maybe the definition of a regular 
mouse causes the Synaptic driver to work correctly?

Don't know, but this has been a great platform for Ubuntu.

Kim