How to stop wandering cursor in Kubuntu Linux Dell 1420

[Derek Broughton]

O. Sinclair wrote:

> One: disable touchpad clicking altogether by adding a line to your
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
> Option                "MaxTapTime"            "0"
> this line has to be in the Section "Inputdevice" with Identifier
> "Synaptics Touchpad". Then use the "click-buttons" instead to click.
> 
> Two: download "Touchfreeze" from sourceforge - I dont find it working
> but maybe you do
> Three: download KSynaptics from the Gutsy repositories and install.
> Voila, you have a Touchpad section in System Settings, Keyboard and
> Mouse, and can set tapping, sensitivity etc. from there.

otoh, on my system, ksynaptics does nothing for me (and I haven't tried
option 2), but option 1 works well.

If I knew why one version works on one system and not another, I'd be a
guru :-)
-- 
derek