Fix mouse pointer moving to bottom left of screen all on its own.

rjt69
  11 years ago
  -1

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Some other users and i of the HP tc4400 TablettPC found that when pluggued into AC electrical power, the mouse pointer would move to the bottom left of the screen.  Very Annoying.  One person from Japan noticed it only happened when pluggued into a generic power AC adapter source.  Turns out for me it was the stylus, but it only occured when pluggued-in.

  1. Find the Numeric ID of the stylus as denoted by ID=
    1.     ximput list | grep -i stylus
  2. Using the ID NUMBER from the first step. Verify a bunch of numbers show up on the screen when the  pointer is moved with the stylus or when the stylus moves on its own:
    1. ximput test

    2. eg: ximput test 12

  3. Disable the stylus.
    1. ximput disable
    2. ximput disable 12

 

Would lique to detect when the TablettPC is on battery power and enable the Stylus.  Disable again automatically on AC power.  Most of the time, the stylus will only be used when mobile.

ximput list | grep -i stylus
ximput disable
ximput disable 12
Commens

nice solution...