-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [email protected] wrote: >> How does one disable the built in mouse pad so that I use only the >> optical mouse and do not have to worry about accidentally touching the >> mouse pad? > > You can remove 'HAL' devices with the command: > hal-device -r <udi> > > You can find the <udi> by just using 'hal-device' and parsing the output, > the <udi> will look something like: > '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_2' > > sudo rmmod psmouse
> There may be a way of making a blacklist in HAL too... > Simon > Of course it might just be easier to add psmouse to the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file. Neither of these will effect the functioning of USB based devices. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkuVkWkACgkQwRXgH3rKGfMmUgCggogFZFBDCu4HcJHy2D2h0nVr 164AniW7SMeTHl00axklLRspszh8Jdaz =kTLT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
