[SOLVED] Turn off touchpad

acidic · 2012-02-25 20:22:12

My laptops touchpad does not work properly with linux and If I try to use it it has its own ideas about what it wants to do.

I know I can turn it off with

xinput set-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 0

but is there a way of turning it off without having to type that every time I start my computer.

Last edited by acidic (2012-02-25 22:21:58)

litemotiv · 2012-02-25 20:45:46

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad catchall"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Option "TouchpadOff" "1"
EndSection

acidic · 2012-02-25 21:27:49

Thanks but this is not working for me. Its a sentelic touchpad if that makes any difference.

bananagranola · 2012-02-25 21:29:48

If that xinput line works for you, you could put it in a script that runs on startup. .xinitrc, for example.

acidic · 2012-02-25 21:54:19

I tried putting it in ~/.xinitrc but that didn't work. I know nothing about scripts. Is there somewhere else I can try putting that line. Thanks

bananagranola · 2012-02-25 22:07:53

Did you add an ampersand (&) after the line in .xinitrc? Did you place it before the "exec" line or whichever line starts your DE/WM?

For example,

xinput set-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 0 &
exec openbox-session

acidic · 2012-02-25 22:21:23

Now its working

Thank you

What does the & do?

bananagranola · 2012-02-25 22:27:17

It forks it to the background.

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[SOLVED] Turn off touchpad

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