Touchpad Terror....

[Tommy Trussell]

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Pongo A. Pan <pongo_pan at fastmail.us> wrote:

> On Sat, 2012-07-14 at 19:02 -0400, Eddie O'Connor wrote:
> > I am going crazy with a Sony Viao laptop that is having trouble with
> > its touchpad, after installing Ubuntu 11.04 and upgrading to 12...the
> > touchpad has been sporadically "stopping". In that I cannot
> > right-click, left-click, or just CLICK period! Is there some kind fo
> > "patch" for this? I haven't realy had time to search for a "cure" for
> > this, as I have just started a new job and am short on time. If
> > ANYONE...ANYWHERE can point me in the right direction I would greatly
> > appreciate it!
> >
> >
>
> Have you installed gpointing-device-settings (in the repositories for
> Precise at least)?  This lets you control lots of things for the most
> common types of touchpad.  I mostly use it to turn the darn thing
> completely off and use a $17 wireless usb mini-mouse instead, but if
> you're a glutton for punishment or like to tap to click it should help.
> I found it with synaptic but the software center should know about it.
>
>
A reliable WIRED mouse would be a good thing to use until you get this
resolved! (You can use a wireless one but if it develops problems then you
have to go through more steps to narrow it down... is its battery weak,
does it use Bluetooth or a little "dongle" in the USB port, and is that
connected right, etc. etc.)

HOWEVER I believe I noticed there was a software update recently that fixed
a reliability issue with one of the touchpad drivers. SO the first thing to
try (after you connect a wired mouse so you won't go insane) is to make
sure you have all the recent Ubuntu software updates installed.

If that doesn't help, you might next determine which touchpad driver your
laptop uses, and search for bug reports. There may be a fix or workaround.
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