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When you cursor start moving around, floating out to the sides, and stays there for a while before I can use it again.... it makes me wonder WHY?

 

Any clever ideas?

 

My hands are all dry and nice, so nothing with dampness.

 

/lia


reboot into windows, does the same thing happen in windows ?

 

cheers


YES!

 

cheers ;)


The cursor on my IBM laptop does the same thing. Sometimes it is almost like it is resisting me from moving it in a particular reason. When I release the cursor, it moves back in the opposite direction.

 

The same thing happend with my previous IBM laptop also.

 

My laptop has a pointer "button" so it could be related to that.

If this is a laptop, it's time to clean your touchpad. I've had it happen when there's too much grease over the pad area (usually from a few days intensive typing). Don't ask my why it works, it just does. It goes back to normal once you clean the touchpad with a damp cloth.

I had the same thing on my Toshiba.

I now use it as a door stop. [img]<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_dry.png[/img]

 

I had one of those nobily buttons in the middle of my keyboard though.