From: Joseph Christie (christij_at_unix.asb.com)
Date: Mon May 13 1996 - 16:17:44 EDT
I find that if I suspend and resume the drift disappears. Close the lid and
reopen it, quicker than waiting and seeing if it goes away by itself.
On Mon, 13 May 1996 05:06:24 -0700, you wrote:
>Greetings !
>
>I am experiencing an intermittant drifting (down and to
>the right, if it makes a difference). A light touch will
>keep it centered/stable. The drift rate varies a lot and
>I have yet to see much of a pattern.
>
>At first, it seemd to drift more in some windows than in
>others. File manager was bad; the Eudora editing view had
>no problem. <weird>
>
>After I had left the unit on for an hour or so and went back
>to do some work, it seemed to drift *much* faster, again down
>and to te right. Different screens had no effect, but closing
>the screen and opening again stopped the drift completely.
>
>After some looking, I think it *could* be a function of the keyboard
>butterfly action on the track-point. The problem is occurring less often
>as the unit is used daily. The other day the drift was up and to the
>left !
>
>Is this a common problem ? Any fixes short of a trip to the repair depot?
>
>Dave - KC6WKI
>
>
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