[SOLVED] Easy way to disable touchpad?

[Member Mynaardt]

Hi!

I got antiX working on my ASSUS X55U nicely now.
Except the cursor is prone to flying all over the place when I’m typing.

Any suggestions for the best way to disable that when the mouse is plugged in or when you’re typing?

Thanks in advance!

• This topic was modified 4 years ago by Mynaardt. Reason: to mark topic as solved

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[Member eriefisher]

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See your other post.

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[Member Mynaardt]

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eriefisher wrote:

This should work.
synclient Touchpadoff=1
Create a bash script and attach it to a key combo. To turn on,
synclient Touchpadoff=0

eriefisher

I’m still in the learning curve mode. What file(s) do I make those changes in?

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[Member eriefisher]

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I think this is the simplest way and accessible to all users if multi.

Using your favorite text editor type TouchpadOff=1, save as padoff. Now edit that to TouchpadOff=0, save as padon. Close the text editor. Open a terminal and enter chmod +x padoff and repeat with chmod +x padon This will make them executable. Now we will put them somewhere to access them when needed. While still in the terminal sudo cp padoff /usr/bin Then repeat withsudo cp padon /usr/bin Be sure to hit enter after each command. With the terminal still open we can test our scripts by typing padoff Does the touchpad work? Now try padon Is the touchpad working?

Good luck with your script.

eriefisher

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[Member eriefisher]

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I tried to reply with a script but it doesn’t show on my end. If you cannot see it as well I will repost. Let me know

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eriefisher, the script is not shown here.The forum software sometimes makes quirky,crazy decisions.

As always in linux options, options and more options.

Another easy way would be to try syndaemon. open a terminal and type
syndaemon -i 2 -d
This will disable the touchpad while typing only.And will stay during your session.

If you like to make this behaviour permanent, you can write it in the startup-file of your desktop.

Edit the startup in the hidden ~/.desktop-session folder in home
syndaemon -i 2 -d &

[Member eriefisher]

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I will try this again. This will shut off/on at will, however the above is a great solution too. As always in Linux there are many ways. This way you get to write a script. How much fun is that! This can be done with 1 script using ‘if’ statements and such but we will keep it simple.

Using your favorite text editor type TouchpadOff=1, save as padoff. Now edit that to TouchpadOff=0, save as padon. Close the text editor. Open a terminal and enter chmod +x padoff and repeat with chmod +x padon This will make them executable. Now we will put them somewhere to access them when needed. While still in the terminal sudo cp padoff /usr/bin Then repeat withsudo cp padon /usr/bin Be sure to hit enter after each command. With the terminal still open we can test our scripts by typing padoff Does the touchpad work? Now try padon Is the touchpad working?

Good luck with your script.

eriefisher

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[Member eriefisher]

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I should mention you can attach key combos to these scripts as well and control the touch pad when you want.

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[Member Mynaardt]

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caprea wrote:

eriefisher, the script is not shown here.The forum software sometimes makes quirky,crazy decisions.

As always in linux options, options and more options.

Another easy way would be to try syndaemon. open a terminal and type
syndaemon -i 2 -d
This will disable the touchpad while typing only.And will stay during your session.

If you like to make this behaviour permanent, you can write it in the startup-file of your desktop.

Edit the startup in the hidden ~/.desktop-session folder in home
syndaemon -i 2 -d &

Cool! That one works. Made it permanent sort of thing in the startup file.
Thanks for that, caprea!

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[Member Mynaardt]

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eriefisher wrote:

I should mention you can attach key combos to these scripts as well and control the touch pad when you want.

Thanks for that!

I’ll make those two scripts so I can always make sure it’s OFF-OFF if necessary.

Thanks again!

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[Member ok-ok]

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This also works using .bash_aliases :
alias off=”synclient TouchpadOff=1″
alias on=”synclient TouchpadOff=0″
of course after saving the file do:
. .bash_aliases
this will load the file otherwise one can just shut
down the terminal and then re-start the terminal.

[Member chuck]

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Sorry get a cp: missing destination file operand after /usr/bin

[Member chuck]

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just want to turn pad off have a right button not working. Help would like a command to put in term to kill the pad for good.

[Moderator BobC]

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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/

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[Member MarkG_108]

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I think you’re missing “synclient” from your script suggestions, as was mentioned in #20259.

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