[olpc-community-support] Jumpy mouse problem

[soffen]

Hi all,

Unfortunately, the day after I installed build 653 as Joe suggested, the problem of the jumpy mouse has recurred.  I did not turn off the OLPC last night, just closed the case and left it plugged in.  When I opened it this morning, the mouse pointer was very hard to control and, after a few minutes, it started jumping all over the screen even when I was not touching the touchpad.  When it became impossible to control, I restarted the computer, but shortly after that the mouse pointer was again jumping all over the screen.

I was very much hoping that Joe's suggestion would solve the problem.  Now I understand that this is a bug that has been known for some time, although no one else has mentioned the pointing jumping all over even without anyone touching the laptop.  I am very disappointed and am wondering whether this could be a hardware problem.  In the latter case, perhaps I should send back the OLPC within the 30 day period.  

I would appreciate any further thoughts or suggestions.  Thanks to all who have participated in this thread.  javascript:emoticon(':(')

Sol



dirakx at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just to complement, this is a ''hidden'' bug that is being worked out.
> 
> http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/2804 (http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/2804)
> 
> it's a porblem that is not seen often but there it is. 
> 
> On Dec 21, 2007 12:35 AM, Anonymous <community-support at lists.laptop.org (community-support at lists.laptop.org)> wrote:
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> >  
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> > phigan wrote:
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> > > soffen wrote:
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> > > > After that the mouse behaved normally for a while, but then started jumping around again without my touching the trackpad. Does anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions about how to solve it? 
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> > > I had this problem myself with the first build that I originally had on my XO. Have you tried updating to build 653? In terminal, type 'cat /boot/olpc_build'. If it says 650, do this as root (to be root, type 'su -' without the quotes): olpc-update -r -f ship.2-653
> > > 
> > > If the update is successful, it should reboot the laptop on its own. If not, it'll try again.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > - Joe
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> > 
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> > 
> > Joe, your instructions were perfect. It loaded build 653 and rebooted 
> > just as you said. After rebooting, the mouse problem has not recurred.
> > Let's hope this does it. I'll keep this forum posted if the problem comes
> > back.
> > 
> > Thanks again.javascript&#058;emoticon(':D') 
> > Sol
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