On Sunday 28 February 2016 12:31:46 Joel Roth wrote: > A "hardware" solution is to make a cardboard cover for the > touchpad. > In the Ripley's Believe it or Not category, that was tried, and the &%$# thing could still see a thumb resting on it. Thru a piece of cereal box taped over it.
> BerndSchmittNews wrote: > > Hello, > > under debian7 I was using gpoint.... to temporarily deactivate > > touchpad. My acer laptop drives me crazy, after a while the pointer > > is running wild. I hoped that this would not happen in debian8, but > > maybe it is a hardware failure, so I have to live/deal with it. > > > > > > thanks > > Bernd Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>