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R31 laptops have a problem were checking the battery status causes the mouse to jerk around the screen clicking on things. Also sometimes repeating keypresses are generated. | R31 laptops have a problem were checking the battery status causes the mouse to jerk around the screen clicking on things. Also sometimes repeating keypresses are generated. | ||
− | References: | + | ===Causes=== |
+ | Apparently a BIOS bug. Seems to happen with both ACPI or APM. | ||
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+ | ===Workarounds=== | ||
+ | Don't query the battery. Remove any battery applets from your panel. | ||
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+ | ===Undiagnosed problems=== | ||
+ | The problem seems to have returned to my system every since I upgraded to gnome 2.12 and starting running hal/dbus. Perhaps one of those components is querying my battery. If anyway one has any suggestions, please post! | ||
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+ | ===References=== | ||
+ | * http://kruemel.rnbhq.org/r31.html#bug_batteryquery | ||
+ | * http://webrum.uni-mannheim.de/math/froeser/r31_linux.html | ||
+ | * http://forum.kanotix.net/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-6424.html | ||
+ | * http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/25/2005/04/2/308437 |
Revision as of 09:48, 10 November 2005
R31 laptops have a problem were checking the battery status causes the mouse to jerk around the screen clicking on things. Also sometimes repeating keypresses are generated.
Causes
Apparently a BIOS bug. Seems to happen with both ACPI or APM.
Workarounds
Don't query the battery. Remove any battery applets from your panel.
Undiagnosed problems
The problem seems to have returned to my system every since I upgraded to gnome 2.12 and starting running hal/dbus. Perhaps one of those components is querying my battery. If anyway one has any suggestions, please post!