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[Member scruffyeagle]

I had this thread marked “solved”, but there was still an unresolved issue involving touchpads. You see, I’ve got 2 machines; each, with double-booting between Antix & Win 10 Pro. The software solution fixed the touchpad on both machines – but, only in the Antix OS’s. In the Precision machine, I was able to wipe the BIOS password, and disable the touchpad from there. So, that W10p OS is okay; problem solved. But, in the Latitude machine, the BIOS is locked with a password.

I’ve been researching disabling the touchpad in W10p. I found several methods, but none of them worked. Most frustrating, W10p lacks any controls for disabling the touchpad. Various articles mention the control (a simple on/off slider) – but, it’s not in either copy of W10p on my machines. It’s simply not there.
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I found a Registry hack, which was supposed to disable the touchpad:
* Backup registry as precaution, then find
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad\Status
* Set Status/Enabled = 0.

The registry hack flopped – no change. Even deleting the key from the registry entirely still didn’t disable the touchpad in the Latitude. I tried to uninstall the driver for the “P/S2 mouse” (which this OS names the touchpad) – and it wouldn’t uninstall. Rebooted 2x, no joy.

After screwing around with this for 3 hours, I’ve come to the conclusion that the only way to disable the Latitude’s touchpad under Windows, is to unplug the cable inside the machine. I was hoping to avoid that, disabling in a less permanent & less awkward fashion – but, I’ve come to realize there’s no other option. Unless I can somehow unlock the BIOS… Update: I discovered that I was right, that the Dell E6400 Latitude laptop’s BIOS password is being stored on an EEPROM. That’s why unplugging the coin battery won’t fix this. Dell can issue a password, if given the Service Tag # and payment of a $60 fee. They call this setup an “anti-theft” method, but really it’s an extortion scheme, to extort money from 2nd-hand (3rd, etc.) owners – and I refuse to cooperate. So, my only option remaining is to unplug the touchpad from the system board.

I studied the Latitude’s service manual again, before digging into it.

4:28pm -> 6:28pm = 120m: Working on disconnecting the Latitude’s touchpad, testing, etc.

The cable end was extremely difficult to disconnect from the socket, as if it had been glued into place. (It looked like there was traces of glue, on the cable end.) This led to really chewing up the plastic of the connectors. But, I finally got it separated – and that was IT, with a capital IT. The keyboard was a little difficult to get out, and difficult to reinstall this time, but the trick was to use the tip of a dart to press on the metal tabs one at a time to flex the keyboard slightly, to get the tabs to go into the slots. Now, for testing,… If the d*mned touchpad still functions, then the manual misled me, and I disconnected the wrong cable.

I disconnected the correct cable, but it also disabled the keyboard – which, it shouldn’t have done. (The keyboard is a thin, flat unit with a connector which plugs into the computer like a card into a slot.) I took the keyboard out, and reinstalled it – still, no joy. No keyboard functions at all.

I removed the keyboard, and plugged the touchpad back in; reinstalled the keyboard again. Testing, I found the keyboard working – except for the up arrow key. Messing around, rebooting, using LibreOffice in Antix v19.4, I found the up arrow key was now working. Rebooting, the up arrow key continued working into GRUB.

This was a HUGE relief. I’d been worried that I’d physically damaged the keyboard or its card connector, during the screwing around with it… Now that it’s working again, I’m going to chalk up disabling the touchpad as a lost cause and leave it alone. I’ve got the software method for disabling the touchpad in AntiX, which takes care of one OS. For Windows in the Latitude, I’ve taped a piece of thin cardboard over the touchpad. It’s not 100% effective, but it does minimize the pointer being thrown around from accidental touches of the pads of my thumbs.

6:28pm – diary update, finished. I spent most of my day on this touchpad problem, and only achieved failure. I’ll never purchase another Dell Latitude E6400.

After all this, I can’t help wondering WHY Dell was so deeply determined to keep the touchpad functional. I suspect it’s more than the $60 they can extort from users of the machines, for the master password (unique for each machine) to unlock the BIOS… What other function(s) is that touchpad performing? Surveillance?

* The software control in BIOS gets disabled, once the password is set.
* They spent the necessary money to design & install an EEPROM chip, to prevent the password being wiped by normal methods. (Unless the user pays $60 for a unique master password.)
* They used a cable end which has no notches or protuberances necessary for removing the cable end from the socket – entirely flat & smooth.
* They glued the cable end into place.
* They set it up so unplugging the touchpad also disabled the keyboard.

What was Dell Corporation up to? Obviously, Microsoft is complicit, entirely removing the control for disabling the touchpad. What might be hidden in this computer, also tied into the touchpad? There’s enough evidence, to make this a reasonable question.

[Member scruffyeagle]

How can I disable the laptop touchpad & its mouse buttons? After MUCH screwing around with various methods, I finally achieved

SUCCESS!

Here’s what I did:

1) I installed “xinput” from the repo, using Synaptic Package Manager.

2) Typing “xinput” as a command in the terminal returned:

⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech USB-PS/2 Trackball id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint Stick id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]

From this output, I was able to deduce that the current name of the touchpad within my Latitude computer is ” AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad”.

3) Using the following command in the terminal disabled the touchpad(!):

xinput set-prop “AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad” “Device Enabled” 0

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The preceding achieved a 90% success, via disabling the cursor functions of the touchpad. But, this touchpad had 5 buttons to serve as mouse keys. There are 3 across the top edge, and 2 across the bottom edge. The bottom keys were disabled – but pressing either of the 2 side keys (3 in a row) still triggered (toggled) a window menu. I had no idea what “Stick” was referring to, but its ID number was immediately after “Touchpad” in the list – so, I experimented.
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4) I entered into the terminal, the command:

xinput set-prop “AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint Stick” “Device Enabled” 0

And, the buttons went dead!
SUCCESS!

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For those newbies who might not understand this, here’s how that first command breaks down:

* xinput is the name of the program.
* set-prop is what you want the program to do (setting a property).
* “AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad” is the name of the touchpad device within the operating system’s list of devices for obtaining input from.
(“Stick” is the name for the top keys, on my touchpad, which explains the 2nd command being both different & necessary.)
* “Device enabled” is a property flag as a named variable, which can be either set or unset.
* The last character is the value being assigned to the variable. It can be either a “0” or a “1”; off or on.
In this case, its assigned value has been set to “0”, which means off; i.e., indicating it’s not true that the device is enabled. Setting it to a “1” would indicate on, meaning that it’s true the device is enabled.

Therefore, to re-enable the “Touchpad” device, just replace the ending zero with a one. The same applies to the “Stick” device.

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I rebooted to test, and found that the solution of entering

xinput set-prop “AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad” “Device Enabled” 0
xinput set-prop “AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint Stick” “Device Enabled” 0

into a terminal didn’t survive the reboot. This tells me that the commands only function as a software over-ride, not actually changing the values in the BIOS.

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5) I edited the .desktop-session/startup file, to insert those 2 commands immediately after the command which enables the mouse configuration at startup. This placement follows what I was taught in school 40 years ago, “Keep logically related data together.” I inserted an appropriate comment before the 2 new commands. Here’s what I added:

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# After dl’g xinit from the repo, the following 2 commands
# should disable the touchpad:
xinput set-prop “AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad” “Device Enabled” 0
xinput set-prop “AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint Stick” “Device Enabled” 0
# Note: In a terminal, you can enter these commands with zeros
# changed to ones, to re-enable the touchpad.

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I rebooted again, and found that this worked perfectly (as far as I could tell). The touchpad and its buttons are all disabled, without the need for manually entering those 2 commands into a terminal.

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This is a huge step toward fixing this machine’s BIOS-caused shortcomings. But, it’s not 100%, because I’m running a dual-boot system on the Latitude, with both Antix v19.4 & Windows 10 Professional. This fixes the touchpad during use of AntiX, but it doesn’t help Windows. I’ll need to seek a similar solution for use there… OR, if that proves impossible, fall back to my more extreme option, of surgery to physically disconnect the touchpad cable inside the computer. If it comes down to that, I won’t consider this wasted time. Instead, everything which I’ve done in AntiX for solving the touchpad problem will get filed as an educational exercise, successfully completed.

It’s been exactly 3 months since I started this endeavor (January 10th -> April 10th). I’d like to express my deepest thanks to all of those who helped me, and especially to the Linux guru, “sybok”, whose link pointed me toward the xinput touchpad solution for the AntiX OS.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by scruffyeagle. Reason: improving content

[Moderator caprea]

You can try to disable the touchpad while typing. Open terminal and type
syndaemon -i 2 -d
The number stands for the delay time in seconds,until the touchpad works again.

If this works for you you can make it permanent.Go to
control-centre > session > User Desktop-Session

There make one line in the startup file with the above command, close and save.

[Member sybok]

Hi again.

A) Hack:
You could try the ‘syndaemon’ approach with maximal allowed idle time and forget about the ‘-t’ switch included in previous tips.
syndaemon -i <largest value possible to input and be accepted> -d
I expect int8 = 255 (4 minutes) or uint8, int16 = 65535 (18 hours) or uint16 etc to be reasonable starting values for your tests.

B) See the answers at https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/388963/how-can-i-enable-disable-the-synaptics-touchpad-in-debian-9-with-libinput
Quite similar to what @rayluo already posted.

C) Method 2) at https://vitux.com/disable-touchpad-when-mouse-is-connected-to-your-debian-10-system/ could work.
The package ‘dconf-editor’ is present in the repositories (antiX 21, testing).

[Member scruffyeagle]

That’s not a solution in this case. That thread was focused on simply disabling touchpad while typing. But, I automatically rest my hands on the touchpad while arranging my hands for touch-typing. I need it entirely disabled.

See my big reply…

Hi there,

I just tried to install Antix 21 on an old Acer Travelmate 4000 laptop.
This is a 32 bit laptop with Centrino M processor.

I had MX running before, but guessed that Antix would be better suited for this machine.

I started Antix from a USB stick and I’m running live so to speak. I choose all default options.
I tried to boot with forcepae option, because experience has learned that this processor apparently misses that flag.

Sofar, Antix works extremely s-l-u-g-g-i-s-h

Although Conky does not display much processor activity everything goes in slow motion.

Typing : half of the characters are missing (I’m a 2 finger typist…)
Touchpad : cursor slowly drag along,
clicking : half of the time clicks are missed

The information from inxi -zv8 comes in slowmotion in the terminal, block by block of 6 lines or so.

What can this be?

Any help highly appreciated.

I’m a Linux user for a couple of years. I know a thing or two from cmd line use, but I’m a newbie on Antix.

Below output from inxi

$ inxi -zv8
System:
  Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  parameters: quiet splasht disable=lxF 
  Desktop: IceWM 2.8.0 vt: 7 dm: N/A 
  Distro: antiX-21_386-base Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: TravelMate 4000 v: Rev 1 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 v: Rev.1 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Acer model: TravelMate 4000 v: Rev 1.0 serial: <filter> BIOS: ACER 
  v: 3A10 date: 10/12/2004 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 8.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 8.2/65.1 Wh (12.7%) 
  volts: 16.8 min: 14.8 model: SMP-SONY 04ZL type: Li-ion serial: N/A 
  status: Charging cycles: 395 
  ID-2: BAT1 charge: N/A condition: N/A volts: N/A model: N/A type: N/A 
  serial: N/A status: N/A 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 1.22 GiB used: 143.9 MiB (11.5%) 
  RAM Report: 
  permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: Single Core model: Intel Pentium M bits: 32 type: MCP arch: M Dothan 
  family: 6 model-id: D (13) stepping: 6 microcode: 18 cache: L2: 2 MiB 
  bogomips: 1598 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 600/1600 MHz Core speed (MHz): 1: 800 
  Flags: acpi bts clflush cmov cx8 de dts est fpu fxsr mca mce mmx msr mtrr 
  pbe pge pse sep ss sse sse2 tm tm2 tsc vme 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable 
  Type: l1tf status: Vulnerable 
  Type: mds 
  status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled 
  Type: meltdown status: Vulnerable 
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 
  mitigation: Full generic retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD RV350/M10 / RV360/M11 [Mobility Radeon 9600 / 9700] 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI Extensa 3000 series laptop: driver: radeon 
  v: kernel alternate: radeonfb bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:4e50 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: ati,radeon 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x211mm (13.3x8.3") 
  s-diag: 398mm (15.7") 
  Monitor-1: LVDS res: 1280x800 hz: 60 
  OpenGL: renderer: ATI RV350 v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM AC97 Audio 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI Extensa 3000 series laptop: 
  driver: snd_intel8x0 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.5 chip-ID: 8086:24c5 
  class-ID: 0401 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-279-antix.1-486-smp running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM4401 100Base-T 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI Extensa 3000 series laptop driver: b44 
  v: 2.0 port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:02.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4401 class-ID: 0200 
  Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network driver: ipw2200 
  v: 1.2.2kmprq modules: wl port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:04.0 chip-ID: 8086:4220 
  class-ID: 0280 
  IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IF-ID-1: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  WAN IP: No WAN IP found. Connected to web? SSL issues? Try enabling dig 
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found. 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 63.34 GiB used: 801.4 MiB (1.2%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Hitachi model: IC25N060ATMR04-0 
  size: 55.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B 
  speed: <unknown> type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: AD4A scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Blade 
  size: 7.45 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A 
  serial: <filter> rev: 1.26 scheme: MBR 
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? 
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: TSSTcorp model: CDDVDW SN-S082H rev: SB01 
  dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw 
  Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes 
  rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running 
Partition:
  ID-1: /live/boot-dev raw-size: 4.42 GiB size: 4.38 GiB (99.03%) 
  used: 794.2 MiB (17.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 
  label: antiX-Live-usb uuid: 98578a92-ea3f-4dd5-9aba-9af8ddd6e347 
  ID-2: /media/antiX-uefi raw-size: 50 MiB size: 49.9 MiB (99.77%) 
  used: 7.2 MiB (14.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 
  label: antiX-uefi uuid: F75B-E7DF 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -1 
  dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: swapMX 
  uuid: c74d3c37-b870-4b08-be13-6fd003d9c9df 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 53.86 GiB fs: ext4 label: rootMX19 
  uuid: f63079fb-6809-41cd-95e0-42d07282a74d 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-4:2 info: SanDisk Cruzer Blade type: Mass Storage 
  driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 200mA 
  chip-ID: 0781:5567 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 1204 lib: 581 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
  1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/antix/bullseye bullseye main nosystemd nonfree
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list 
  1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
  2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 134 
  1: cpu: 6.9% command: slimski pid: 3457 mem: 9.98 MiB (0.7%) 
  2: cpu: 4.7% command: roxterm pid: 4545 mem: 26.8 MiB (2.1%) 
  3: cpu: 4.0% command: xorg pid: 3514 mem: 51.8 MiB (4.1%) 
  4: cpu: 2.0% command: [kworker/0:1] pid: 22 mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%) 
  5: cpu: 1.4% command: icewm pid: 3783 mem: 14.7 MiB (1.1%) 
  Memory top: 5 of 134 
  1: mem: 51.8 MiB (4.1%) command: xorg pid: 3514 cpu: 4.0% 
  2: mem: 26.8 MiB (2.1%) command: roxterm pid: 4545 cpu: 4.7% 
  3: mem: 25.2 MiB (2.0%) command: rox pid: 3991 cpu: 1.1% 
  4: mem: 15.7 MiB (1.2%) command: volumeicon pid: 3897 cpu: 0.2% 
  5: mem: 14.7 MiB (1.1%) command: icewm pid: 3783 cpu: 1.4% 
Info:
  Processes: 134 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 4 Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 
  default: 5 tool: service Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: Bash 
  v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.06 

Greetings all. Long time sysadmin dude here, but new to the antiX ecosystem. Learning and experimenting with Linux distros has been a passion of mine for years, especially USB based ones. Recently, I downloaded antiX for the first time. Got it installed easily and running as a Virtual Box vm on a 2015 MacBook.

However, I’m having a problem using the USB Live feature. I can boot into the Live and it loads without error. I can get to the desktop manager. The problem is I have no touchpad or keyboard functionality whatsoever. If you’re seen this behavior I’d like to know how you resolved it. Thanks.

What I’m running-
-MacBook 2015, Core M, runs solid, no hw or os errors
-High Sierra 10.13.6
-antiX-21_x64-full.iso
-Used balenaEtcher and flashed it to two different usb sticks. Same results with both, Live loads but no touchpad or keyboard functionality.

What I’ve done so far-
-Experimented with numerous MacOS bootup switches, hoping to change BIOS or UEFI touchpad and keyboard settings. Can’t find any that address my problem.
-Tried a couple different kernel switches during the install, such as disable ACPI, and I’ve chosen different keyboards, etc.
-Searched the forums
-Searched the wikis

What I’ll try next-
A different iso.
Continue searching the forums & wikis.
Kernel options.
Edit startup scripts.

[Member antixbanget]

Re-Edit my first post

Hi, good evening…

Past 3 days i just tried Antix for old laptop ( Acer Aspire One ). Im pretty much newbie (zero exp for linux). So i am kinda lost here.
So im setting it up for my dad. I am trying to make simple desktop for elder to understand as possible
and light computing work like office and so on.

Please allow me to explain step by step what i already tried to achieve new antix system first from personal perspective
(Windows User) just in case someone need it in the future.

1. I set Desktop -> Other Desktops -> Space-IceWM
And set theme from settings -> themes

2. Disable 3 monitoring at the system tray because i feel more distraction factor than function.
I mean we already have conky right?

Menu -> Setting -> Preferences -> Taskbar -> DisableTaskbarShow CPUStatus, MemStatus & netStatus -> Save Modifications.

Idk is that proper way but looking good.

3. Control Centre -> Desktop -> Choose Wallpaper -> Change Static to Random wallpaper timed -> Apply -> Close

4. In my case Sound not work properly so go to AntiX Control System -> Hardware -> Sound card chooser -> test sound (succeed for me)
-> Adjust Mixer -> Headphone, Speaker, Pcm? to 100 and Pre Amp is 20.

5. Setup Screen Brightess because i feel too bright. In my case backlight brightess not saving after reboot.
So i go to AntiX Control Panel -> Session -> User Desktop -> add

## Brightness Startup
backlight-brightness -s 50

and save. Took me half day try and error around this issue and credit to username dave for solving it.
After that i make toolbar for backlight brightness

Menu -> Application -> AntiX -> IceWm Toolbar -> Add Icon -> Backlight Brightness
and voila, i can set brightness from Desktop. 😀

6. In my case my repo not work properly because ip6 so i need disable ip6 system wide i guess?
Pretty much hard time too for this issue. T_T
So i follow this instruction : https://linuxhint.com/debian-disable-ipv6-on-interface/
After that repo looks functional at this point. Dont know in the future.

6. Edit some /etc/sysctl.conf not sure about this one, just found it because disable ip6 issue and
uncomment all additional setting ( maybe can i uncomment all of them? ) assuming its kinda anti netcut
or something?

7. Setup DnsCrypt by this Instruction https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/is-it-possible-to-install-dnscrypt-proxy/#post-63474
Not sure about point 5. Is this the correct way or not

edit dnscrypt-proxy.toml ->
– server_names = [‘quad9-dnscrypt-ip4-nofilter-ecs-pri’, ‘quad9-dnscrypt-ip4-nofilter-pri’, ”, ”]
– block_ipv6 = true (because im using ip4)
save and exit

Ps: Reboot first time it didnt work IDK why, maybe need 2x reboot??

And i try go to menu -> Internet -> Connman UI Setup -> Details Tab -> Configuration -> Nameservers ->
127.0.0.1

Reboot again and it worked!
And im happy this time. 😉

8. Add app shortcut to my desktop
Right click File Manager or AntiX FAQ in my desktop -> new -> Desktop App -> (yourchoiseapp) and thats the shortcut.

9. Enable double click
Right click File Manager or any shortcut -> Desktop Setting -> untick single click opens file in general and desktop tab.

And yeah thats it and im pretty much happy with Antix at this point. But i still have several issue.
( Solved )

1. Some key not work properly Like escape, some of f key and n key. (i think its hardware issue) And yeah i write this thread without
n key working. And using copy paste trick. (painfull)
Is that possible i can using bluetooth keyboard and mouse keyboard?
I cant open bluetooth manager -_- its kinda not working
(priority issue) already tried click bluetooth manager and bluetooth adapter and nothing happened. Try saw in conman too and nothing.
(Solved)

2. I have generic bluetooth speaker. Can i using it too?
(Solved)

3. My touchpad not working too (optional but glad if i can fix it)
(Postponed)

4. I saw Youtube Video Player from multimedia, can i change default resolution to 720p or 480p. I cant see
how to change it. Just in case my dad want explore Antix in the future
(Smtube doing a good Job)

5. Any simple way to install and using DnsCrypt? Just for quad or next dns. Avoid mitm especially my ISP.
But i assume this give me headache, lol.
(Solved)
6. Any basic security advice for Antix system?
(Homework-Solved)
please assist me to solve the issue. Thank you in advance.

my new System
Using AntiX-19.5
Cable Keyboard Until Dongle come
External USB Fan

and from inxi

$ inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 4.9.0-294-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0
Desktop: IceWM 2.9.5 Distro: antiX-19.5_x64-full Wobblies 24 January 2022
base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: AO725 v: V1.05 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Acer model: ZA10_BZ serial: <filter> UEFI-[Legacy]: Insyde v: 1.05
date: 07/05/2012
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 18.3 Wh (61.8%) condition: 29.6/32.6 Wh (91.0%)
volts: 14.6 min: 14.8 model: SANYO AL12B32 status: Discharging
CPU:
Info: Dual Core model: AMD C-70 APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64
type: MCP arch: Bobcat rev: 0 cache: L2: 512 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 3992
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/1000 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 800 2: 800
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Wrestler [Radeon HD 7290] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: radeon v: kernel bus-ID: 00:01.0
Device-2: Suyin type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-2:2
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: loaded: ati,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1366×768~60Hz
OpenGL:
renderer: AMD PALM (DRM 2.49.0 / 4.9.0-294-antix.1-amd64-smp LLVM 7.0.1)
v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Wrestler HDMI Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:01.1
Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-294-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI RTL810xE driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI
port: 2000 bus-ID: 01:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Foxconn driver: wl v: kernel port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 3.73 GiB (1.3%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0
size: 298.09 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 289.82 GiB used: 3.73 GiB (1.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2.62 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 71.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 73.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 148 Uptime: 59m Memory: 1.69 GiB used: 874.4 MiB (50.6%)
Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 Packages: 1622
Shell: Bash v: 5.0.3 inxi: 3.3.06

Thank you for the time and effort guys. Im pretty happy. Resurrection is complete. haha..
Hopefully this will help other.
Good Luck And See ya.
Peace…

Antixbanget

Hi, good evening…

Past 3 days i just tried Antix for old laptop. Im pretty much newbie (zero exp for linux). So i am kinda lost here.
So im setting it up for my dad. I am trying to make simple desktop for elder to understand as possible
and light computing work like office and so on.

Please allow me to explain step by step what i already tried to achieve new antix system first from personal perspective
(Windows User) just in case someone need it in the future.

1. First disable 3 monitoring at the system tray because i feel more distraction factor than function.
I mean we already have conky right?

Menu -> Setting -> Preferences -> Taskbar -> DisableTaskbarShow CPUStatus, MemStatus & netStatus -> Save Modifications.

Idk is that proper way but looking good.

2. I set zzz-icewm and Theme

3. In my case Sound not work properly so go to AntiX Control System -> Hardware -> Sound card chooser -> test sound (succeed for me)
-> Adjust Mixer -> Headphone, Speaker, Pcm? to 100 and Pre Amp is 20.

4. Setup Screen Brightess because i feel too bright. In my case backlight brightess not saving after reboot.
So i go to AntiX Control Panel -> Session -> User Desktop -> add

## Brightness Startup
backlight-brightness -s 50

and save. Took me half day try and error around this issue and credit to username dave for solving it.
After that i make toolbar for backlight brightness

Menu -> Application -> AntiX -> IceWm Toolbar -> Add Icon -> Backlight Brightness
and voila, i can set brightness from Desktop. 😀

5. In my case my repo not work properly because ip6 so i need disable ip6 system wide i guess?
Pretty much hard time too for this issue. T_T
So i follow this instruction : https://linuxhint.com/debian-disable-ipv6-on-interface/
After that repo looks functional at this point. Dont know in the future.

6. Edit some /etc/sysctl.conf not sure about this one, just found it because disable ip6 issue and
uncomment all additional setting ( maybe can i uncomment all of them? ) assuming its kinda anti netcut
or something?

7. Add app shortcut to my desktop
Right click File Manager or AntiX FAQ in my desktop -> new -> Desktop App -> (yourchoiseapp) and thats the shortcut.

8. Enable double click
Right click File Manager or any shortcut -> Desktop Setting -> untick single click opens file in general and desktop tab.

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And yeah thats it and im pretty much happy with Antix at this point. But i still have several issue.

1. Some key not work properly Like escape, some of f key and n key. (i think its hardware issue) And yeah i write this thread without
n key working. And using copy paste trick. (painfull)
Is that possible i can using bluetooth keyboard and mouse keyboard?
I cant open bluetooth manager -_- its kinda not working
(priority issue) already tried click bluetooth manager and bluetooth adapter and nothing happened. Try saw in conman too and nothing.

2. I have generic bluetooth speaker. Can i using it too?

3. My touchpad not working too (optional but glad if i can fix it)

4. I saw Youtube Video Player from multimedia, can i change default resolution to 720p or 480p. I cant see
how to change it. Just in case my dad want explore Antix in the future

5. Any simple way to install and using DnsCrypt? Just for quad or next dns. Avoid mitm especially my ISP.
But i assume this give me headache, lol.

6. Any basic security advice for Antix system?

please assist me to solve the issue. Thank you in advance.

my system
Using AntiX-21 (should i downgrade to 19 or 17 for old computer?)
Legacy if im not mistaken

and from inxi

$ inxi -Fxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  Desktop: IceWM 2.8.0 Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: AO725 v: V1.05 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Acer model: ZA10_BZ serial: <filter> UEFI-[Legacy]: Insyde v: 1.05 
  date: 07/05/2012 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 29.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 29.7/32.6 Wh (91.4%) 
  volts: 16.6 min: 14.8 model: SANYO AL12B32 status: Full 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: AMD C-70 APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64 
  type: MCP arch: Bobcat rev: 0 cache: L2: 512 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 3992 
  Speed: 1142 MHz min/max: 800/1000 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 1142 2: 1152 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Wrestler [Radeon HD 7290] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
  driver: radeon v: kernel bus-ID: 00:01.0 
  Device-2: Suyin HD WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-2:2 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: ati,radeon 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: 
  renderer: AMD PALM (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp LLVM 11.0.1) 
  v: 3.3 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Wrestler HDMI Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:01.1 
  Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 2000 
  bus-ID: 01:00.0 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Foxconn driver: wl v: kernel port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 4.08 GiB (1.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0 
  size: 298.09 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 289.76 GiB used: 4.08 GiB (1.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2.62 GiB used: 6.3 MiB (0.2%) 
  dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 92.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 92.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 142 Uptime: 3h 28m Memory: 1.67 GiB used: 1.31 GiB (78.7%) 
  Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1572 
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.06

• This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by antixbanget.

[Member sybok]

Already discussed in the antiX forum and marked as solved:
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/disable-touchpad-while-typing/

[Member rayluo]

I haven’t tried disabling the touchpad completely, but you may try playing with different settings based on the Touchpad Synaptics document. Its “disabling touchpad when typing” may NOT be suitable for your description, so you can take a look into its “software toggle“.

The synaptics configuration file in antiX is at /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/synaptics.conf

I have a problem with my Dell “Latitude” laptop. Its built-in touchpad w/ mouse buttons gets in the way, while I’m typing on the keyboard. The lower ends of my thumbs occasionally contact the touchpad, and then the cursor on screen jumps somewhere else instead of remaining where I need it to be. (I use an external trackball as my mouse.)

Note, this isn’t the same laptop I’ve posted about before involving other issues. The other was in a Dell Precision laptop using a fully upgraded copy of Antix v19.3, and this one is in a Dell Latitude laptop using Antix v19.4.

If I could, I’d disable the touchpad from within the BIOS – but, this is a used (second-hand) machine, and some previous owner of the machine set an “Administrator password” which I don’t know the value of. The BIOS won’t let me change the settings of the machine’s components, without that password.

So, I’m wondering if there’s any method of over-riding the BIOS settings for the touchpad, to disable the touchpad via software within the Linux operating system. This, if at all possible, probably requires an expert understanding of the operating system, and coding.

Anybody have any ideas on how to disable the touchpad and its mouse buttons?
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Here’s the output from inxi -Fxxxrz:

System:
Kernel: 4.9.0-264-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0
Desktop: IceWM 2.9.3 vt: 7 dm: SLiM 1.3.6
Distro: antiX-19.4_x64-full Grup Yorum 20 May 2021
base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine:
Type: Portable System: Dell product: Latitude E6400 v: N/A
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 8 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0U692R serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A34
date: 06/04/2013
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 57.7 Wh (127.1%) condition: 45.4/57.7 Wh (78.7%)
volts: 11.7 min: 11.1 model: Samsung SDI DELL PT43697 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: Full
CPU:
Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo P8600 bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Penryn rev: A cache: L2: 3 MiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 9575
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/2401 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 800 2: 800
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell
driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2a42 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: loaded: intel
resolution: 1280×800~60Hz s-dpi: 96
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express v: 2.1 Mesa 18.3.6
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-264-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e
v: 3.2.6-k port: efe0 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10f5 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel WiFi Link 5100 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 1100
bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4232 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
v: 3.0 port: 6ea0 bus-ID: 00:1f.2 chip-ID: 8086.282a rev: 03
class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 5.72 GiB (0.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK2561GSYN size: 232.89 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 0C scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Western Digital
model: WD My Passport 0748 size: 931.48 GiB type: N/A serial: <filter>
rev: 1019 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 28.71 GiB used: 5.72 GiB (19.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 9.77 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -1 dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos:
Packages: apt: 1963
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/buster buster main nonfree nosystemd
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/buster-backports.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
2: deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onion.list
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
Info:
Processes: 198 Uptime: 10h 3m wakeups: 5 Memory: 3.82 GiB
used: 1.22 GiB (31.9%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5
Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.3 running-in: roxterm
inxi: 3.3.06

• This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by christophe. Reason: solved

Good Day Folks,

I am trying to disable my laptop’s touchpad while typing. The mouse/touchpad configuration provided by the Antix Control Center does not have this option? I wouldn’t mind manually editing a config, but I don’t know where the config is stored via the GUI?

I found these links online?
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/85137/how-do-i-disable-the-touchpad-while-im-typing

https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=29184

[Moderator BobC]

Chuck,

Remember to Subscribe to the thread (or click the Notify me checkbox) if you ask a question so it will send you an email when an answer is posted. I answered this for you a couple days ago. https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/how-to-disable-laptop-touchpad/#post-70061

A few more suggestions:

Use Forum > Search to find answers the easy way. In this case you could search for disable touchpad.

If you don’t find an answer using search, create a new topic (probably in New Users forum) to ask your question instead of adding it to an old thread.

Read PPC’s Short Esenntial How To post for Linux newbies to help you get started https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/short-essential-how-to-list-for-the-complete-linux-newbie/

Welcome to antiX! We try to help, but you have to do your part to help yourself as well…

[Moderator BobC]

Chuck, The command can be entered in a Terminal session to test it.

Then if you want it disabled all the time, add the line below to your session startup program. Go to Control Centre > Session > User Desktop-Session > startup and add the line, below, then save.

synclient TouchpadOff=1