The solution for the CTM problem (which is what causes the wacky cursor jumping) is this patch, which was accepted into upstream on 19 Nov 2012; it is not yet in quantal-proposed, but I was able to rebuild xorg- server-1.13.0 (from 12.10) with this patch and the problem went away:
http://www.mail-archive.com/xorg-devel@lists.x.org/msg33742.html There is another version of the patch floating around somewhere if you want to fix 12.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005321 Title: Several pointing device related problems occur when a touchscreen is installed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1005321/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs