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wilberfan

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From: So. Cal

Registered: 2010-12-18

Posts: 264

Gnome the only usable DE on my laptop?

I have a small Asus laptop (netbook?) that works really well dual-booting with Windows 8 & Arch w/Gnome.   I've found almost every other DE unusable for one reason:

Trying to type ANYTHING results in wild, unpredictable behavior from the cursor, screen, desktops.   I kid you not, it's impossible to do ANYTHING in XFCE, LXDE...KDE may have even been a little wonky... 

I'm sure there's a trackpad setting or something I've not been able to find; the few attempts I've made to address this behavior in the past have failed.

I'm curious why gnome seems to work so well, and the other so horribly...

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clfarron4

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From: London, UK

Registered: 2013-06-28

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Re: Gnome the only usable DE on my laptop?

I know in MATE, Cinnamon and KDE, there are settings to disable the touchpad whilst you are actively typing (which I think are default OFF). Maybe that?

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wilberfan

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From: So. Cal

Registered: 2010-12-18

Posts: 264

Re: Gnome the only usable DE on my laptop?

Actually, it looks like there might be some settings in the synclient command, and/or via the gsynaptics package.  I'm going to investigate further...   

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