Ubuntu 10.10 touchpad pointer too sensitive

[JW]

Running 10.10 on a Toshiba Satellite L-35. I've set the touchpad sensitivity as low as it will go, installed gpointing device and lowered that as far as it will go. The pointer still scoots around especially if my other finger is near the left click key. My computer is dual booted with Windows 7 and there is no problem on that side, so I don't think this is a hardware issue.

I saw this issue reported for an earlier version of Ubuntu, but it was closed because the bug team could not get a hold of the original poster.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

assigned to collect data

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

hello JW
can you please run in a terminal
apport-collect-p xorg 799761
thanks
fabio

[JW (refdeskrm)]

HI, Fabio,
Ran apport-collect-p xorg 799761 in terminal -- Command not found.
JW

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Oops, sorry for the typo:
the exact command is:
apport-collect -p 799761
Fabio

[JW (refdeskrm)]

Can you please tell me what this does? It looks like I would be giving control of my computer/keyboard to someone else.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello JW
No problem, is just an automatic tool (apport) present by default in Ubuntu usefull to attach all the needed logfiles at this report.
Fabio

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Obviously no personal data will be collected during this operation

[JW (refdeskrm)]

Fabio,
I'm sorry, I just don't know enough about this and I'm uncomfortable doing it. If there's no other way, I'll just live with the problem.
JW

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello JW
Ubuntu is open source, that mean everyone can see how it is made and how it works, Ubuntu isn't windows.
If you don't want to run the suggested command I can only suggest you to upgrade your system to the newest release Natty Narwhal ubuntu 11.04.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.