Disable touchpad

[Member hudzik]

Hi,
I am trying to disable touchpad on my laptop while mouse is connected.
Can someone suggest any solution?

This does not work 🙁
http://xmodulo.com/how-to-disable-touchpad-on-debian-ubuntu-desktop.html

[Moderator caprea]

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Hi, welcome to the forum.
synclient should be already installed on antix-full.
You can try
For turning the touchpad off
synclient TouchpadOff=1
for turning on
synclient TouchpadOff=0

Just a tip, without wanting to be admonitory,the “Search Forums” under “Register” on the right side of the forum-side shows some outcomes for disable touchpad.The search bar at the top works however not.

[Forum Admin rokytnji]

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The search bar at the top works however not.

Forum is too new and not enough threads yet. I think it just searches this forum and not google.

link

But

Link

Gets me better hits

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[Forum Admin rokytnji]

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I see what you mean by the lower search box however on the foprum r/h side bar search box

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/search/disable+touchpad/

So I guess I am bit off kilter in my last post

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[Member hudzik]

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Hi caprea,
thanks for your hint – it solved my problem.

This is also very useful – great to know that.
“Search Forums” under “Register” on the right side of the forum-side shows some outcomes for disable touchpad

cheers 🙂

[Member isminaki]

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I created a little bash file that I call with a defined key. It toggle the touchpad on / off. Maybe it helps.

#!/bin/bash
if [ $(synclient -l | grep TouchpadOff | awk ‘{print $3}’) == 1 ] ; then
synclient touchpadoff=0;
else
synclient touchpadoff=1;
fi

[Member hudzik]

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isminaki wrote:

I created a little bash file that I call with a defined key. It toggle the touchpad on / off. Maybe it helps.

Hi,
great 🙂
Thanks for your time.

Could you modify it:
– script detects if mouse is present
– if yes turn off touchpad
– if not touchpad stays on

I can set to run it automatic when system starts.

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