[LBo] lap top issues

[Anita Lewis]

Troy wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm having some troubles with my HP Pavilion Ze4125 lap top.  I have the
> system dual booting Win XP and Ubuntu Feisty.  The problem is under XP the
> text I type on the keyboard does not always appear on the screen (also the
> mouse movement is extremely jerky).  As an example, I might type the word
> linux, and on the screen I see lnux.  Now this is where it gets interesting,
> under Ubuntu I have no issues at all!  Therefore, I think I can safely
> eliminate the keyboard as the issue, but I'm wondering if it could be a hard
> drive issue, and only the partition with XP is affected?  I would run only
> Ubuntu, but I have to connect to my company's server via citrix, and I
> cannot connect to the LAN printers inside citrix - which is a necessity.
> 
> On a side note, I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to add the
> company's LAN printers inside Ubuntu.  I clicked on "add new printer", the
> available printers were detected, and I selected the printer I wanted, that
> easy!
> 
> I appreciate your help.
> 
> Troy

This sounds like a driver problem, I guess with the keyboard and mouse,
but maybe the graphics.  Check to see what drivers are being used for
those three things.

hp.com has a good support system.  I think you could write to them or
use their chat to ask about this.

Anita

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