I'm running Woody 2.6.12.2 on an HP Pavilion notebook (dv4040us). One problem I'm trying to fix is the touchpad's sensitivity. This touchpad is crazy sensitive -- just breathe on it and the pointer moves! In some contexts, this doesn't bother me that much. But, when I'm using apps or tools that require a lot of typing (emacs, gmail in a browser window,...), it's really a problem. While I am typing, if any portion of the base of my hand/palm comes in to contact with the touchpad, no matter how lightly, the pointer puts the cursor in a new location, and one of two things happens: 1) a new window is selected and made active (mildly annoying), or 2) whatever letters I was in the process of typing are inserted in an incorrect location (extremely annoying!).
I've tried using tpconfig to disable tap mode, but that doesn't fix this problem. It's almost like I need to just turn the touchpad off completely while I'm typing text. Has anybody else had this problem, and found a way to deal with it? If so, please let me know. If this isn't fixable, it would count as one good reason to get a Thinkpad. Thanks for any help or info! Andy
