Re: Touchpad problems with latest kernels

Dmitry Torokhov
2006-08-14T16:06:09Z

On 8/14/06, Andreas Mohr <andi@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 11:41:29AM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On 8/14/06, Andreas Mohr <andi@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de> wrote:
> > >Plus, I'm sometimes having issues with pointer movement (cursor won't
> > >advance
> > >any more unless I stop touching the touchpad for a few seconds to let it
> > >reset somehow - probably a bytestream hickup issue).
> > >
> > >Any clues?
> > >
> >
> > Yes, you might want to reseat your touchpad connector and vacuum the
> > case a bit. Inspiron 8000 is almost the same as 8100 and I am using it
> > constantly ;) Well, I thought my keyboard broke because PgUp stopped
> > working but it recovered after I got a hairball from under the key.
>
> Hmm, might need to verify that, but I've been cleaning it from time to time
> (Murphy tells me that it was the regular cleaning which broke it ;).
>

That could be too ;)

> > Just make sure you do not pull ACPI battery info to often.
>
> Uh... why!?
>

On many laptops (including mine) polling battery takes a loooong time
and is done in SMI mode in BIOS causing lost keypresses, jerky mouse
etc. It is pretty common problem. I think I have my ACPI client
refreshing every 3 minutes.

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Dmitry