[Olpc-open] jumpy cursor problem and sugar issue

[Bryan Berry]

thanks, will try this out
On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 16:01 -0400, Samuel Klein wrote:
> Advice from the field : try dusting a jumpy touchpad with chalkdust.
> --SJ, who is looking for a cite...
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Bryan Berry <bryan.berry at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         Day 3 of the pilots at Bishwamitra and Bashuki and couple of
>         issues have
>         come up
>         
>         1. We are having a lot of trouble w/ jumpy cursors. You know
>         where the
>         touchpad behaves erratically. Is there an easy fix to this
>         problem?
>         
>         we are using build 703, MP machines, and firmware Q2d14. We
>         have the
>         kids hold down the 4 corner buttons as recommended in the XO
>         user guide
>         but that doesn't seem to consistently fix the problem.
>         
>         Dust is an issue at the schools but that can't explain the
>         high rate of
>         jumpy cursors. Please assist
>         
>         Suggestions?
>         
>         2. For future reference: In general the kids and teachers find
>         it quite
>         confusing when they move the cursor to the corners of the
>         screen and the
>         Sugar frame pops up. The kids have learned the top row keys
>         very quickly
>         - faster than I thought - and they find the frame popping up
>         quite
>         confusing. They have learned to use the frame button already.
>         
>         pictures to come and a full write-up, I promise!
>         
>         Bryan W. Berry
>         Systems Engineer
>         OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org
>         
>         
>         
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