mouse unstable on rc2

[Simon Schampijer]

Richard A. Smith wrote:
> david at lang.hm wrote:
> 
>> when I get home tonight I will lookup the exact steps for doing this and 
>> give it a try. one problem is that the problem did not show up 
>> immediatly (some laptops showed the problem within a half hour, others 
>> didn't show it for several hours)
>>
>> the four laptops that I saw the problem on over the weekend were all 
>> upgraded by hitting the four game buttons while powering up (and all 
>> from the same USB drive). unfortunantly I don't have a copy of that drive.
> 
> The four game buttons upgrade is the same as a copy-nand only it uses a 
> signed image.  If your laptops have security enabled then thats the only 
> method you will be able to use.
> 
>>> So far every time someone has claimed its build/firmware related and
>>> I've asked them to prove it by going back and forth it has not held up.
>> what versions do you want me to switch between? at least two of the 
>> machines had been vanilla 650 boxes, but one was my primary box that had 
>> been updated daily to joyride (up through last wednesday)
> 
> Whatever build previously didn't have the problem.  Although since there 
> can be a long delay it may be a bit harder to call it working or 
> non-working.  The core of many of the issues appear to be from the 
> touchpad getting out of calibration.  The exact cause is still unknown. 
>   According to ALPS the capacitance the touchpad works against can 
> change considerably in the XO.  Especially when an external power 
> adapter is plugged in.
> 
> And if you are feeling really crazy then there have been a couple of 
> different reports on the community-support list of fixing a jumpy mouse 
> by using moisturizing lotion on the hands.  So if you can get a 
> repeatable jumpy mouse I'd love to hear if that really does fix it.

I just had another one - even recalibration did not work for me this 
time. Putting lotion on the hands did not magically fixed it either (I 
could not resist :)

Best,
    Simon