[sllug-members]: openSUSE 11.1 - odd keyboard behavior

[Matt Warnock]

I have what I suspect is the same problem on a Dell Studio 1555.  The
problem is actually the touchpad.  Very sensitive, and the thumb hits it
without trying or even realizing it.  My dad actually taped a piece of
cardboard over his touchpad (hinged with tape at the top) to solve a
similar problem.  You might try that just to rule it out.  

The keyboard drivers in linux are pretty robust, though some individual
apps seem to "lose" keystrokes when autosaving or other busy activity.
If you see it across the board, I suspect the touchpad.

On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 16:10 -0800, Canopus56 wrote:
> Has anyone run into the following keyboard mouse problem and if so, can they give some pointers? This occurs in all applications involving typing.  
> 
> When typing fast, the text highlighter will suddenly jump back and highlight a prior word or phrase or sentence.   When typing fast, the user then types the next character and this wipes out their prior text.  This is on an HP Pavillon dv6000.  The bug is almost making the machine unusable. 
> 
> Thanks - Kurt 
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