touchpad too sensitive
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
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