Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Spurious effects

2016-05-18 Thread Ian Fantom
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 x

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Spurious effects

2016-05-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
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

[ubuntu-studio-users] Spurious effects

2016-05-18 Thread Ian Fantom
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