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===Undiagnosed problems===
 
===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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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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===Related Symptoms===
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These messages in dmesg seem to be related:
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psmouse.c: TrackPoint at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away.
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psmouse.c: TrackPoint at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away.
  
 
===References===
 
===References===

Revision as of 09:57, 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!

Related Symptoms

These messages in dmesg seem to be related:

psmouse.c: TrackPoint at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away.
psmouse.c: TrackPoint at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away.

References