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Old 10-11-2014, 08:48 AM   #1
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Mouse jumps


Hello, guys!

Bought a new laptop HP 470 and have this annoying mouse jumps with the touchpad. For instance, I go to CUT in the context menu and till I tap it jumps to COPY, or I go to GO TO PARENT FOLDER and it jumps to EDIT or VIEW. A few times I was trying to open a folder and it drags and drops it in the above folder. Simply annoying. Googled a bit and created one file called synaptics.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d with the following
Code:
Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier      "Synaptics Touchpad"
    Driver          "synaptics"
    Option          "FingerLow"                     "2"
    Option          "FingerHigh"                    "3"
EndSection
but still get those jumps from time to time. Is there anything else I could do?

Thank you in advance!
 
Old 10-11-2014, 11:26 AM   #2
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You can try
Code:
xset m 3 1
inside a xterm with different numeric values, that is my setting for a laptop. If you find a value that seems to work add it to your ~/.xinitrc. See "man xset"

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Old 10-13-2014, 12:13 PM   #3
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Try setting Finger low and high to much higher like 35 and 40.

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Old 10-13-2014, 01:26 PM   #4
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I just checked my laptop and I have them at 25 and 30. Your settings would make the pad extremely sensitive.

You can see your settings with the command "synclient -l". You may need to play with the click-related settings.

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Old 10-14-2014, 02:43 AM   #5
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@John
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Originally Posted by jmccue View Post
You can try
Code:
xset m 3 1
inside a xterm with different numeric values, that is my setting for a laptop. If you find a value that seems to work add it to your ~/.xinitrc.
I think I see some results with
Code:
xset m 1 1
but still not perfect. And in order for this to work I had to put it in ~/.bashrc.


@Brian
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You can see your settings with the command "synclient -l".
Just checked "synclient -l" and it shows 25 and 30. Seems like neither the file synaptics.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d that I created, nor the suggestion from John does anything although I get the feeling that they have some effect. Where exactly are Finger low and high settings located?
 
Old 10-14-2014, 09:26 AM   #6
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With slackware the "proper" way is to copy /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ and then edit it. The main difference I see between that file and the one you created is that the slackware file uses "InputClass" and your file uses "InputDevice".

Brian
 
Old 10-18-2014, 10:34 AM   #7
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With slackware the "proper" way is to copy /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ and then edit it.
Doesn't work for me. This is by far the most effective:
Code:
xset m 1 1
 
Old 10-18-2014, 06:17 PM   #8
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Hello, guys!

Bought a new laptop HP 470 and have this annoying mouse jumps with the touchpad. For instance, I go to CUT in the context menu and till I tap it jumps to COPY, or I go to GO TO PARENT FOLDER and it jumps to EDIT or VIEW. A few times I was trying to open a folder and it drags and drops it in the above folder. Simply annoying. Googled a bit and created one file called synaptics.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d with the following
Code:
Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier      "Synaptics Touchpad"
    Driver          "synaptics"
    Option          "FingerLow"                     "2"
    Option          "FingerHigh"                    "3"
EndSection
but still get those jumps from time to time. Is there anything else I could do?

Thank you in advance!
You can pray to the TOP10 best followed gods, but your mouse is just... crap. Buy another one. Something around $5 and you'll be happy.

BTW, I have a respectable crazy mouses collection, containing around 20 units... I keep them for wires, when I need them...
 
  


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