Mouse cursor jumps around

[Stuart Read]

Binary package hint: xorg

1) Ubuntu Jaunty (Mar 14th updates)
2) not sure exactly what package this relates to
3) Mouse to work smoothly
4) Mouse jumps around, either when I'm moving it or when something is loading. Movement amount varies from 1-4 cm.

Let me know what more information I can provide. As you can imagine, having the cursor jump around as you try to click something makes it very difficult.

[Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingMouseDetection as separate attachments.

[Stuart Read (sread)]

Hi, thanks for the quick response. Here is the information:

Model/make: Dell Bluetooth keyboard/mouse with Bluetooth adaptor.
Despite the Bluetooth connection, it operates in a USB keyboard/mouse emulation mode as far as I know.

I have to unplug it and plug it back in to log into the computer, which is annoying but after that the mouse was usable until a little while ago in Jaunty (and before that in 8.10 and 8.04).

Now it is basically unusable, as clicking buttons and whatnot is horribly imprecise.

[Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx)]

You have provided information from the wiki page, I cant find any duplicates to this bug as of yet, Marking as Triaged and Medium Importance. Thank you for your bug report, and we look forward to your future reports.

[Stuart Read (sread)]

Hi,
As of recent updates (not sure when exactly) this problem has resolved itself. It may have been caused by the poor performance of the intel graphics chip on my computer, as the problem got better when the graphics performance improved (using UXA).

Thanks,
Stuart

[Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx)]

As per user comments. Marking as invalid