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[Tuomas Räsänen <tuos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 14:11 -0400, Prof. John C Nash wrote:
> Another member pointed me to
> 
> > Actually, there is already a wiki page dedicated to UL30A:
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/AsusUL30A
> 
> > 
> > 1. Mousepad sensitivity: If I so much as brush the mousepad when I am 
> > typing, it instantiates a click -- either moving the cursor or 
> > highlighting text that I don't want highlighted.
> > 
> > 2. General typing issues: I do a lot of work in a browser (email, Google 
> > docs, etc.), and I have noticed that sometimes I can type only one or 
> > two characters before it selects all of the text in the box (thus, when 
> > I keep typing, I just keep typing over what I had just written).
> > 

As John noted, the problem #2 is caused by problem #1. The touchpad is
so sensitive that even slightest touch moves the pointer and emits a
click/press.

The main problem is that the touchpad is not recognized as a real
touchpad, and is not therefore handled by synaptics driver.

The touchpad can be switched on/off with a key combination, see the wiki
page at the beginning of this post.

Alternatively, the touchpad can be switched off/on when keyboard is
used/idle, see http://codegrove.org/evdaemon/


-- 
Tuomas

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