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No matter what answer I've tried, if I've used the touchpad or a wireless mouse, my cursor will occasionally go wild. I've noticed it starts this behavior after long periods of use and continues untill the next day. Is this a bug? Is there another solution to this problem? I'm currently using ubuntu 15.10

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  • This sounds like maybe an issue with the touchpad, or maybe where your palms are resting on the touchpad. I presume this is a laptop with touchpad? I think there is an option to disable touchpad while typing, which might help.
    – dobey
    Mar 25, 2016 at 15:50
  • It happens when I use the mouse also
    – Khanrad
    Mar 25, 2016 at 16:40
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    Using the mouse does not disable the touchpad, though. It is simply an additional input device.
    – dobey
    Mar 25, 2016 at 17:52
  • I understand this issue sounds weird, but I just started experiencing exactly the same. My cursor suddenly got a life of its own on my 16.04 installation on a Lenovo T460s. I have been using this laptop for over a year, have not changed any settings in the past month and today suddenly: erratic mouse behavior.
    – Confusion
    Sep 1, 2017 at 7:05

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In this topic a probable solution is proposed: install gpointing-device-settings, then uncheck the two boxes under System>Mouse for touchpad and run the app.

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