Comment 28 for bug 292042

@Ambricka

The synaptics problem is orthogonal, I have it on my USB mouse :-/

@Dan
Is there any chance that this bug may be the same ?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/268502

There are three fixes cherry picked for the main kernel, maybe it would be worth a shot to ask Luke to add them to linux-ports ?
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty.git;a=commitdiff;h=cdd1ed8f6cec7cd24af8893cdd502bf14a9428f5
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty.git;a=commitdiff;h=66f550e4f758fc8a0f78f35395d283d526dc9c37
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty.git;a=commitdiff;h=acf57477bf7d21e1d794eee57ec5c37e0a947379

Now unless someone with the problem compiles its own kernel with these fixes, there is no proof that it may help