Re: touchpad on V505, dual boot

> I have had very erratic touchpad behavior under linux - essentially the
> machine is unusable when this occurs since the cursor jumps all over the
> screen in random ways

I've seen this too, though rather less than when the machine was brand new,
for some reason.  There's a kernel patch out there that disables touchpad
events for a short period after key presses which, I think, should address
the problem, though I've not tried it.  If nothing else, it shows that we
are not alone...

jon

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