Cursor moving by itself

[anthony baldwin]

Call TAPS maybe?

/tony

Albert Charron wrote:
> Ugo Bellavance wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> 	I have an intermittent problem with my mouse on all versions of Ubuntu
>> I tried (I have 7.10 installed at the moment.  The problem is that the
>> cursor sometimes decides to move towards a direction, even if I don't
>> move my mouse.  It eventually stops.  It is a Dell D800.  It does it if
>> I use the Synaptics touchpad or an external mouse.  Any ideas?
>>
>> Regards,
>>   
>>     
> Does your Dell also have a trackpoint (the little mouse on the 
> keyboard)? There's similar known problem on Dell Latitude C600/C610/D600 
> which is caused a short between the keyboard and the trackpoint... The 
> solution on the C600/C610/D600 is to replace the keyboard or to 
> disconnect the pointer...
>
> If it's the case, you can follow the instructions there to disconnect 
> the trackpoint (CAUTION: it implies cutting wires in the laptop, so be 
> sure to cut the good one!):
>
> http://gimbo.org.uk/blog/2005/11/12/fixing-mouse-drift-on-a-dell-latitude-c600-with-a-sledgehammer/
>
>   


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