Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Spurious effects
Many thanks. I'll work through that - bit by bit (It's years since I did techie work). Regards, Ian On 18/05/2016 13:41, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get install x11-utils xinput to install the needed command. If you then run xev you get information about hardware that might move the mouse pointer. Perhaps the hardware is broken. I guess that assumed the software should be fishy, it won't display something, when the mouse pointer moves, but this not necessarily is ensured, so better disable the mouse pad and connect an external mouse for testing purpose. Run xinput --list and then xinput disable NUMBER_OF_THE_TOUCHPAD An example, since I don't have a touchpad, I show how to disablen and enable my optical mouse. xinput --list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2[master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4[slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ USB Optical Mouse id=8[slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3[master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboardid=5[slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6[slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=7[slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=9[slave keyboard (3)] To disable the mouse I need to run xinput disable 8 and to enable it xinput enable 8 Regards, Ralf -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
[ubuntu-studio-users] Spurious effects
I have Ubuntu Studio 16.4 installed on an ASUS X550C laptop. When I write a document in LibreOffice Writer I get all sorts of spurious effects, which I initially thought were due to an oversensitive mouse pad. I had the problem before upgrading from Ubuntu 14.4. But now I've been watching my hand movements, and I get the effects when my hands are nowhere near the mouse pad. Suddenly the mouse pointer will jump to a random position in the text, and the typing will continue there. When selecting a text sometimes the text is replaced by a random letter. This morning the mouse pointer had disappeared when I opened the laptop lid. The screensave seems to have disappeared. The icon for my memory stick no longer appears on the left-hand menu (DEVICES, PLACES, NETWORK). Any ideas? Regards, Ian -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
[ubuntu-studio-users] Language switching
Since upgrading to Ubuntu Studio I've been unable to discover how to set the system to enable language switching for keyboard input. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks Ian Fantom (just joined) -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
