Recently, I faced a similar problem. When typing on my new laptop that I got, my thumb often accidentally brushes the touchpad, and this leads to me continuing to type things in entirely a different place. This is because the thumb moves the mouse pointer to a different spot that where the typing cursor is, and then there is an accidental click. Try the following and see if it helps.
Open a Terminal from Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal Type sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_synbackup Type gksudo /etc/X11/xorg.conf Enter your password if it prompts you. Search for a section that looks like the following Section “InputDevice” Identifier “Synaptics Touchpad” … End Section Add a line above the End Section line and put this into it: Option “SHMConfig” “on” Save the file and close gedit and the terminal window Now you need to restart your desktop GUI using Ctrl-Alt-Backspace Add the Startup Command Open the sessions manager: System -> Preferences -> Sessions Click the far right tab labeled Startup Programs Click the Add button Name it: touchpad syndaemon The command is: syndaemon -i 1 -d -t -K Hit ok then hit close You can restart Gnome with the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace That should prevent your cursor from jumping around while typing. I hope this helps. -- mouse cursor jumps to random places on screen on sony vaio laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157454 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
