I have got the same problem with my Dell Latitude C600 under Ubuntu 6.06 but not with w2000 or with an old (!) redhat 7.1
I tried what has been proposed in Bug #47971: - installing the xfree driver of synaptics_drv.o - modifying the xorg.conf file ... with no results! Finally the solution was in: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-188105.html > Found the solution. It was in /usr/share/powernowd/cpufreq-detect.sh > Changed it so it always load PIII_MODULE=speedstep-ich. -- Mouse in X session freezes then bounces https://launchpad.net/bugs/55842 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs