Comment 49 for bug 365943

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FE139E laptop with a AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint
touchpad. I am using Ubuntu Karmic 9.10.

Let me know if you need more details.

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 11:10 AM, nh2 <email address hidden> wrote:
> @ Pantha:
> What hardware do you use?
>
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> Mouse cursor jumps when two fingers are used
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365943
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> Status in XOrg-Driver-Synaptics - synaptics driver for XOrg: Confirmed
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xfree86-driver-synaptics
>
> If the user touches the touchpad in two locations, then raises the first finger that touched the pad, the mouse jumps to the location of the second finger as if a full move occurred. This happens on Synaptics touchpads.
>
> To reproduce:
> Touch the pad in the upper right and hold
> Touch with another finger lower left and hold
> Release the finger in the upper right
> Mouse jumps to lower left edge of the screen, sometimes selecting text along the way
>