[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1026046] Re: Missing support for thumb resting on bottom of clickpad

2014-04-20 Thread James D.
This problem still persists in latest 14.04 .. how this hasn't been fixed yet I don't know. It makes using the touchpad painful. The patch above still works and helps but once you try to say, edit images in gimp, and have the cursor fly across the screen at random times, you realize its still bro

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1026046] Re: Missing support for thumb resting on bottom of clickpad

2014-04-10 Thread James D.
believe it or not, Two finger scrolling is ok for me, maybe its because of how I do it... when click and dragging after the patch, it bounces around the screen though, after dragging for a few seconds to 10-15, depends. The patch overall does help a lot tho. FWIW. On my synaptics pad I set Are

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1026046] Re: Missing support for thumb resting on bottom of clickpad

2014-04-05 Thread James D.
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=4v9JP2pe I applied the patch there , built the new package and installed. I was thrilled at first, it worked... except it introduces another problem, now when scrolling for a little while with the button held down the cursor jumps around the screen. Its like theres

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1026046] Re: Missing support for thumb resting on bottom of clickpad

2014-04-05 Thread James D.
This bug is annoying enough that I'm putting a new Dell XPS 14 on the shelf until its fixed, possibly even returning the thing if it gets close to the 30 day return limit. I'll stick with my clunky HP notebook with a working two button touchpad until it gets sorted out. I can try compiling from g

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 379228] Re: screen starts flashing and freezes or crashes X

2009-11-15 Thread James D. Hasselman
Lorents, I believe that this bug has expired. Bryce Harrington stated that anyone who experiences this problem should file a new bug report running "ubuntu-bug xorg" from the terminal (See post #8). Also, if it isn't too much trouble I'd like to see if the process I listed in post #7 produces a

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 379228] Re: screen starts flashing and freezes or crashes X

2009-11-05 Thread James D. Hasselman
Ubuntu Version: 9.10 Architecture: 64-bit Graphics Card: GeForce 8600 GT Driver Version: 185.18.36 I first noticed this bug after installing Ubuntu 9.10. Upon booting for the first time Ubuntu recommended that I install the NVIDIA graphics driver in order to take full advantage of my graphics car