On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:34:30 +0200 Bernie Innocenti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bryan Berry wrote: > > > 1. We are having a lot of trouble w/ jumpy cursors. You know where the > > touchpad behaves erratically. Is there an easy fix to this problem? > > > > we are using build 703, MP machines, and firmware Q2d14. We have the > > kids hold down the 4 corner buttons as recommended in the XO user guide > > but that doesn't seem to consistently fix the problem. > > > > Dust is an issue at the schools but that can't explain the high rate of > > jumpy cursors. Please assist > > Can you explain in detail the behavior of the cursor when it's > acting erratically? > > There are many independent touchpad problems that look alike. > Of these, the only one I could fix in software was this one: > http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/2804 > > The symptoms of #2804 are quite distinctive: the cursor jumps immediately > towards the bottom-right corner of the screen each time you put your > finger on the touchpad. > > Dilinger and Smithbone have been working on the calibration issue, > but I don't know if they finally succeeded. > > Dilinger also had a cleaned up version of the driver, combining > together several touchpad fixes, cleanups and re-enabling the pen > tablet too (#5268). That patch-set had been held until after Update.1 > because it introduced yet another regression (#6079). > Yeah, all the code's in master. No known bugs in the touchpad driver, but the kernel was just updated to 2.6.25. Of course, the most important change might be the PT-in-relative-mode thing; when the GS screws up, just push down hard and use the PT to do what you want to do. _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
