[CentOS] Wierd cursor jump when I type letter "y"

Sun Jul 10 06:04:37 UTC 2011
Emmanuel Noobadmin <centos.admin at gmail.com>

On 7/10/11, Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office at plnet.rs> wrote:
> Can't say. It is my personal lap-top. But I think I have seen the same
> behavior on my CentOS 5.6 desktop, but right now I can not be sure.
>
> I am atypical keyboard user. I often have problems when I try to use the
> <Shift> key, I press it but it is like I have not done so, and I can
> reproduce this on at least 3 separate keyboards, and this jumping.
> Hmmmm, just now it jumped 7 rows up + ~35 char to the right, but on the
> "this" word from last sentence. But it does not happen that often to
> warrant reinstall or something similar.
>
> I am just wondering if someone knows what might be happening.

Sounds familiar to me. Which is why the first thing I do on my
Thinkpads is to disable the trackpad :D

I will never buy a laptop that didn't have a trackpoint or equivalent.