[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: "Cursor Creep"
I believe the manual says that if the cursor starts to creep, just don't
touch it for a little while and it will stop. At least that has been my
personal experience.
-Mike
On 27-Feb-97 George Amrhein wrote:
>The following is a duplicate of a message that I originally sent to the
>wrong address. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
>
>
>When the cursor starts creeping while using the Trackpoint, temporarily
>putting the ThinkPad into "Suspend mode", by either closing the lid, or by
>pressing Fn + F4 from the keyboard, will cause the cursor to be stable
>again when the computer resumes from Suspend mode (after the lid is
>re-opened or by pressing Fn on the keyboard). The computer checks the
>position of the Trackpoint during the resume from Suspend & recalibrates
>the center to that location. (My computer is a 701cs. I do not know if other
>ThinkPad model Trackpoints behave identically to the one on this machine.)
>
>If the cursor starts creeping during a session using the modem, etc., I
>usually tolerate it -- & keep a steady pressure on the Trackpoint to control
>the cursor -- until after logging off, because Suspend mode shuts down the
>modem.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>GMA
--
mfukatsu@hertz.elee.calpoly.edu
mfukatsu@cymbal.aix.calpoly.edu
http://www.elee.calpoly.edu/~mfukatsu/