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Hi,
I have been trying to inactivate my touchpad when typing to prevent the annoying accidental input from the touchpad.
I have followed the instructions in the wiki, but it does not seem to work for some reason. I had it working under Ubuntu where you make the changes in the GUI under startup programs.
In Arch, I have added the following line in the ~/.xinitrc file.
syndaemon -t -i 2 &
This is the contents of my ~/.xinitrc file.
#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
# exec gnome-session
exec startkde
syndaemon -t -i 2 &
setxkbmap gb
# exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
#exec xterm
What am I doing wrong?
Samsom
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Hello Samsom!
Did you read this?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics
well, you use gnome, and which login manager, kdm/gdm/slim ?
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Hello Samsom!
Did you read this?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synapticswell, you use gnome, and which login manager, kdm/gdm/slim ?
I did read it. And as per instructions, I have altered the ~/.xinitrc file. But no effect.
I use KDE and kdm (login manager).
Last edited by samsom (2009-07-31 05:01:11)
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#!/bin/sh # # ~/.xinitrc # # Executed by startx (run your window manager from here) # exec gnome-session exec startkde syndaemon -t -i 2 & setxkbmap gb # exec startxfce4 # ...or the Window Manager of your choice #exec xterm
1) no more sh, I think. However it's a minimal flaw
2) syndaemon before startkde as per Wiki
These statements aren't exact (I didn't try 'em out), but they may solve.
F
do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint
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samsom wrote:#!/bin/sh # # ~/.xinitrc # # Executed by startx (run your window manager from here) # exec gnome-session exec startkde syndaemon -t -i 2 & setxkbmap gb # exec startxfce4 # ...or the Window Manager of your choice #exec xterm
1) no more sh, I think. However it's a minimal flaw
2) syndaemon before startkde as per WikiThese statements aren't exact (I didn't try 'em out), but they may solve.
F
yup, it should be as follows:
setxkbmap gb
syndaemon -t -i 2 &
exec startkde
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samsom wrote:#!/bin/sh # # ~/.xinitrc # # Executed by startx (run your window manager from here) # exec gnome-session exec startkde syndaemon -t -i 2 & setxkbmap gb # exec startxfce4 # ...or the Window Manager of your choice #exec xterm
1) no more sh, I think. However it's a minimal flaw
2) syndaemon before startkde as per WikiThese statements aren't exact (I didn't try 'em out), but they may solve.
F
I tried putting the syndaemon before starting kde. Still no effect. I did not delete the sh though...If I do, how will it know which shell to use?
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