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sorkaud

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Registered: 2015-07-15

Posts: 43

[Solved]Touch pad is turned off when Bluetooth mouse is connected.

When my BT mouse is connected, touch pad becomes off.
synclient says Touchpadoff=1.
I don't know this is defaut behavior cause when i am not familiar with archlinux , i may have managed this behavior. However i can't find any changes in udev rules.
Is this default behavior?  and what should i do if i don't want this. I want my touch pad turned on even if mouse if connected.

Last edited by sorkaud (2020-07-28 05:08:42)

andym

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Registered: 2019-01-16

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Re: [Solved]Touch pad is turned off when Bluetooth mouse is connected.

No idea what is turning the touchpad off, except that this would normally be the desired option when a mouse is connected. On my laptop I have to specifically turn the touchpad off to stop it interfering with my typing. I suppose you could simply turn it on when you need to. The steps required are:

$ xinput list

to identify the touchpad device

$ xinput list-props [device]

to find it's properties. Look for the "Device Enabled" property and note it's id number. Finally

$ xinput set-prop [device] [prop_id] 1

to turn the touchpad on.

ondoho

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Registered: 2013-04-30

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Re: [Solved]Touch pad is turned off when Bluetooth mouse is connected.

Can you manually turn it on again with

synclient Touchpadoff=0

So that the bluetooth mouse still works?

sorkaud

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Registered: 2015-07-15

Posts: 43

Re: [Solved]Touch pad is turned off when Bluetooth mouse is connected.

Can you manually turn it on again with

synclient Touchpadoff=0

So that the bluetooth mouse still works?

Yes. If i manually do that, both mouse and touchpad works simultaneously. Howevere that typing all the time is kind of annoying me a little so i want to change that behavior as touch pad still alive when i connect BT mouse.

+ Ok. it is really weird. I update the system and it is fixed. Now Both device online even if BT mouse is connected. Might be bug or delete my manual intervention happend long time ago and i had forgotten or change of default behavior of system. Thanks anyway. Since the other direction (touchpad off to be off when mouse is connected) is on google so i can control these behavior and i am happy about that now.

Last edited by sorkaud (2020-07-28 05:05:46)

sorkaud

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Registered: 2015-07-15

Posts: 43

Re: [Solved]Touch pad is turned off when Bluetooth mouse is connected.

No idea what is turning the touchpad off, except that this would normally be the desired option when a mouse is connected. On my laptop I have to specifically turn the touchpad off to stop it interfering with my typing. I suppose you could simply turn it on when you need to. The steps required are:

$ xinput list

to identify the touchpad device

$ xinput list-props [device]

to find it's properties. Look for the "Device Enabled" property and note it's id number. Finally

$ xinput set-prop [device] [prop_id] 1

to turn the touchpad on.

Sorry for my miscommunication. It is enabled as it is denoted 1 already. my purpose was that I want the touch pad not to be turned off when i connect Bt mouse. I can turn on when it is turned off like ondoho says.
Anyway i haven't used xinput list list-props and learned this. Thanks for your advice.

+ Ok. it is really weird. I update the system and it is fixed. Now Both device online even if BT mouse is connected. Might be bug or delete my manual intervention happend long time ago and i had forgotten or change of default behavior of system or maybe you are right that during the update, value of 'enable' might changed from 0 ( i guess) to 1. Thanks anyway. Since the other direction (touchpad off to be off when mouse is connected) is on google so i can control these behavior and i am happy about that now.

Last edited by sorkaud (2020-07-28 05:09:12)