Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932096AbWHNQGJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:06:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751333AbWHNQGI (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:06:08 -0400 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.229]:22757 "EHLO wr-out-0506.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751134AbWHNQGH (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:06:07 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=C1wE+5i1Y7TUK+r3LWeHFrxR+tkpi7EOVhgBB3XGyETS1fag4T0PyRmCOEbFx7VOX2248v9dCfiNtjrkEyQCpOT08jviy714X6gXdJBhQ0Yx3J42sdTOUIECTK8SJ0XOcOg0wCmOJ/zppigUGGO790bQcQCALUDUiJLkmxAcb4I= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:06:06 -0400 From: "Dmitry Torokhov" To: "Andreas Mohr" Subject: Re: Touchpad problems with latest kernels Cc: "Gene Heskett" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060814155437.GA801@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200608141038.04746.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <20060814152000.GA19065@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de> <20060814155437.GA801@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1491 Lines: 39 On 8/14/06, Andreas Mohr wrote: > On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 11:41:29AM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On 8/14/06, Andreas Mohr 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. -- Dmitry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/