Here's some info that actually makes sense, it says that the wheel-mice use a 4-byte protocol and the Touchpad uses a 3-byte protocol. This could explain how the driver could get confused. Anyone comment?
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/09/17/230839.aspx Yeah, this is a Windows-affiliated website, but the electronics sounds like an OS-independent issue. One question is whether the problem re-occurs the first time that you inadvertantly touch the Touchpad. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1363070 Title: USB Mouse cursor jumps and buttons get deactivated with two PS/2 devices connected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1363070/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs