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Hi,

I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 on Acer Travelmate P243. It is working great except for Touchpad!

While I am typing, the touchpad mouse pointer seems to move suddenly out of focus area in which we are typing. Several times it has became a nuisance - making me unconsciously send incomplete emails because sud ddenly the pointer hovered on Send button and got pressed - and at other times, editing a document becomes a pain as the pointer suddenly keeps moving by its own all around the document.

Any help to fix this problem permanently will be much appreciated. Kindly provide inputs.

Thanks

[Acer-Ryan]

Hello,

It sounds like the touchpad is being touched while you are typing. If that is not the case I do not have any further suggestions. We have not tested this model with any other operating systems than what we show as available on our support site.

I know in Windows you have the option to disable the touchpad while typing, but I am not sure what options are available in Ubuntu. Maybe the community may have another Linux user that can answer this for you.