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    Disabling a touchpad in Linux

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by p00nlog, Jun 21, 2006.

  1. p00nlog

    p00nlog Newbie

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    I installed Ubuntu on my brand new A8jm and i absolutely love the setup with one exception. I can't figure out how to disable the touchpad while I'm typing, making it excruciatingly difficult to get through a paragraph without hitting the touchpad by mistake. Under windows it is a software control, there is no hardware switch I am aware of. Any thoughts on how to disable it?
     
    p00nlog, Jun 21, 2006
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  2. noahsark

    noahsark Notebook Evangelist

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    I think you would have to disable it in your X config file (either xf86 or xorg, I don't know which ubuntu uses) and restart X. Howerver, I don't know of an easy way to switch it on and off as you suggest. It's a hardware key for me to do that. Maybe google knows?
     
    noahsark, Jun 22, 2006
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  3. jas

    jas Notebook Evangelist

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    Try issuing the following command from a terminal session;

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    syndaemon -d -k
    And then try recreating the typing and bumping the mouse experiment. If it works, you can issue this command everytime you start gnome by editing the file called .gnomerc in your home directory and add the command line as entered above. If .gnomerc doens't exist, you can create it..
     
    jas, Jun 28, 2006
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