I have a script like so:
#!/bin/sh
synclient maxTapTime=0
Or thereabouts (at work not home) that is chmod +x and kept in:
~/.kde4/Autostart/tapoff
Kills tap to click which I hate above almost all else.
When I get home (and get a minute) I’ll post the exact script (but it is something like the above)
Well, googling seems to indicate that
synclient MaxTapTime=0
(note the capital M) should work (good suggestion, weighty_foe, cheers!)
Again, try that in a terminal, run a word processor for a bit, and see if it helps.
I have done the following.
I have written this code
#!/bin/sh
syclient MaxTapTime=0
I have saved it in, ~/.kde/Autostart/touchpad.sh
Made it executable
chmod +x ~/.kde/Autostart/touchpad.sh
Is it .kde or .kde4 ?
I will wait and see how this works
Sorry - didn’t realise you’d said you were using 3.5.
No idea if it’ll work 
If it doesn’t, try a link?
.kde or .kde4. Which one to be used in the path?
The KDE desktop shows 3.5.9 “release 49.1” but when I login shows KDE3.
Ok will try a link, if it doesnt work.
Many thanks
I guess kde if you’re running 3.5 - which is a version of the KDE 3 family, so it makes sense that you’re seeing both.
Do you even have a kde4 directory? Try that, perhaps, if nothing else works, but I’d be very surprised…
I’ve had a google, and it looks like putting the script straight into the autostart directory, without linking, should work.
Good luck…
Yes I have both .kde and .kde4 directories . Maybe I created one or both of them, dont know
I will wait for a day or two for the cursor
Hello All,
Thanks to all of you who helped. I am closing this thread. The cursor seems to jump less now.
Staretnovell
If you’re still finding it annoying, and you don’t use tap to click at all, you could instead try
synclient TapButton1=0 TapButton2=0 TapButton3=0
Might make a difference…
Ok thanks a lot