Re: Touchpad problem

2009-02-02 Thread Daniel Drake
2009/2/2 Tiago Marques :
> Tks all, I will try the four finger salute!
>
> I might try 8.2.1, but I don't really have time for now, maybe soon.
>
> Either way, the real problem hasn't been identified, is that right? Since
> the solution seems to be running some kind of script, either forced or
> automatically.

The real problem is (apparently) in hardware.

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Re: Touchpad problem

2009-02-02 Thread Tiago Marques
Tks all, I will try the four finger salute!

I might try 8.2.1, but I don't really have time for now, maybe soon.

Either way, the real problem hasn't been identified, is that right? Since
the solution seems to be running some kind of script, either forced or
automatically.

Best regards,

   Tiago Marques


On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM,  wrote:

> daniel wrote:
>  > 2009/2/1  :
>  > > i asked dan the same thing.  the only true fix i know of in 8.2.1
>  > > keeps the touchpad from locking up entirely on occasion.  this
>  > > happens only rarely in earlier releases (and can be corrected by
>  > > suspending/resuming the laptop).
>  >
>  > That's what I'm referring to. Details are a little unclear but I think
>  > that Tiago is describing the exact problem that you fixed where
>  > recalibration fails and the mouse stops. I think this is a fair
>  > assumption given how often this seems to happen...
>
> ah -- sorry.  i misread his symptoms.
>
> paul
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Re: Touchpad problem

2009-02-01 Thread pgf
daniel wrote:
 > 2009/2/1  :
 > > i asked dan the same thing.  the only true fix i know of in 8.2.1
 > > keeps the touchpad from locking up entirely on occasion.  this
 > > happens only rarely in earlier releases (and can be corrected by
 > > suspending/resuming the laptop).
 > 
 > That's what I'm referring to. Details are a little unclear but I think
 > that Tiago is describing the exact problem that you fixed where
 > recalibration fails and the mouse stops. I think this is a fair
 > assumption given how often this seems to happen...

ah -- sorry.  i misread his symptoms.

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Re: Touchpad problem

2009-02-01 Thread Daniel Drake
2009/2/1  :
> i asked dan the same thing.  the only true fix i know of in 8.2.1
> keeps the touchpad from locking up entirely on occasion.  this
> happens only rarely in earlier releases (and can be corrected by
> suspending/resuming the laptop).

That's what I'm referring to. Details are a little unclear but I think
that Tiago is describing the exact problem that you fixed where
recalibration fails and the mouse stops. I think this is a fair
assumption given how often this seems to happen...
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Re: Touchpad problem

2009-02-01 Thread pgf
bernie wrote:
 > Daniel Drake wrote:
 > > 2009/1/31 Tiago Marques :
 > >> Almost already as I started using it, I noticed that sometimes the 
 > >> touchpad
 > >> would be irresponsive.
 > >>
 > >> I may use it for hours without having a problem but, when it happens, it
 > >> usually doesn't start working again soon.
 > > 
 > > Which OS version are you using? I'm assuming 8.2.0. This is fixed for
 > > 8.2.1, perhaps you'd like to join the testing effort?
 > 
 > What does the fix do?  I thought it was not fixable in software.

i asked dan the same thing.  the only true fix i know of in 8.2.1
keeps the touchpad from locking up entirely on occasion.  this
happens only rarely in earlier releases (and can be corrected by
suspending/resuming the laptop).

the other "fix" in 8.2.1 for the touchpad is not really a fix --
it's really more of a bandage that the user can unwrap and apply
themselves (and even then, it only hides the cut, and doesn't
help it heal :-).  the touchpad driver in 8.2.1 has more
tuneables, which allow reducing some of the pre/during/post-
recalibration delays.  all this does is make the touchpad
failures less annoying.  here's an earlier email (oddly, google's
not finding it for me at laptop.org) --
http://n2.nabble.com/touchpad-tunables-td2138474.html

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Re: Touchpad problem

2009-02-01 Thread Bernie Innocenti
Daniel Drake wrote:
> 2009/1/31 Tiago Marques :
>> Almost already as I started using it, I noticed that sometimes the touchpad
>> would be irresponsive.
>>
>> I may use it for hours without having a problem but, when it happens, it
>> usually doesn't start working again soon.
> 
> Which OS version are you using? I'm assuming 8.2.0. This is fixed for
> 8.2.1, perhaps you'd like to join the testing effort?

What does the fix do?  I thought it was not fixable in software.

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Re: Touchpad problem

2009-01-31 Thread Daniel Drake
2009/1/31 Tiago Marques :
> Almost already as I started using it, I noticed that sometimes the touchpad
> would be irresponsive.
>
> I may use it for hours without having a problem but, when it happens, it
> usually doesn't start working again soon.

Which OS version are you using? I'm assuming 8.2.0. This is fixed for
8.2.1, perhaps you'd like to join the testing effort?

> Sometimes it just jumps around like crazy, sometimes it just goes the wrong
> way I want it to. When this happens, the touchpad's buttons also are
> irresponsive, for as much as I press either one.

When this happens, best thing to do is let go for a few seconds so
that it can recalibrate. Most of the time, the driver detects that the
mouse is going crazy, but it is unable to recalibrate while you are
using it. Alternatively, you can force a recalibration using
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Four_finger_salute

Daniel
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