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I am running Ubuntu 14.04 on an Acer laptop. The cursor often unwantedly

  • moves and jumps to different locations,
  • drags and drops items, or
  • randomly clicks on things.

Could anyone suggest a solution for this? I don't know if this is caused by a bug in the drivers or the operating system, or it is caused by some malware.

Additional Note: I am using the touchpad of my laptop for controlling the cursor and it is for about a few months that the problem has appeared. Before that, I used to run different versions of Ubuntu with no such problem.

James
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I have the same problem. The reason:

I have a very old laptop and when my battery and laptop charger broke, I purchased "generic" ones on ebay and not the original from Lenovo. The battery does not create any problems but when the generic charger is connected, I experience the same issues. On Windows it happens what you describe but on Ubuntu 14.04 (dual boot) I can't even move the cursor...

Use an external mouse or unplug the charger and see if the problems goes away.

Maybe you have the same problem.

qoelet
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