[ltp] Cure for overly sensitive touchpad?

Andrew Barr linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:48:47 -0400


On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 10:30 -0400, David Abrahams wrote:
> Does anyone know a cure for the touchpad that responds to my palms as
> I type and moves the mouse cursor all over the place as a result?

The synaptics X.org input driver supports palm detection, provided your
touchpad supports it. Look at the synaptics(5) man page for the options
to add to your xorg.conf.

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