Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> wrote thusly:
Steve Ward (stevewa(a)spiritone.com) said:
>OK, I loaded the acpid RPM and started it, loaded ac and battery
>modules, now when I start the battery monitor applet it works fine but
>my cursor goes "out of control" and races about the screen doing random
>things.
>
>If I manage to logout of the session and the login screen returns, the
>cursor becomes sane again.
>
>Confirmed after a power cycle.
>
>Ideas?
>
>
Um, you have a very very strange BIOS? :)
Seriously, the cursor only goes wacky *after* starting the battery
applet?
That's correct. I did try the most recent BIOS from Sony (2000 dated)
which was released specifically to correct compatibility issues with
Win2K (presumably ACPI related).