ubuntu touchpad control

[Karl Larsen]

On 07/20/2010 04:39 PM, Ronald B Cadby wrote:
> I have a dual boot Win-7, lucid 10.4 on a new Asus laptop.
>
> Almost all of my 'resource' caused problems I've had and mentioned here
> are pretty much gone.
>
> My biggest aggravation at the  moment is when I inadvertently touch or
> brush by the touchpad with the heel of my hand. All sorts of bad things
> happen like the cursor jumping away or (sometimes unknowingly) pasting
> clipboard content into whatever file I have open.
>
> I've made numerous attempts to turn off my touchpad including what I
> could find and install in the Ubuntu Software Center such as
> TouchFreeze, which is supposed to freeze the touchpad when you type and
> it doesn't, and other pointing device controls.
>
> This problem has messed up some of my program editing and is a real PITA.
>
> Anyone else have this problem and how did you fix it?
>
> TIA.......Ron
>    
         Be careful where you put your hands :-)

73 Karl


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