On Monday 03 January 2011 07:57:10 [email protected] wrote: > On Mon, 03 Jan 2011, James wrote: > > Hello, so I got xorg-server > > working just fine on several machines.......(*!/#FFF....) > > > > Now I want to disable the synaptic pad on a laptop. > > The first laptop I want to do this to is working without > > any xorg.conf file nor a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ dir..... > > > > This chipset is a RADEON XPRESS 20M (5955) > > > > So is this file the best one to try to disable the synaptic driver? > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf > > > > Suggestions are most welcome as googling has not > > produced much, related to xorg-server-1.9.2 > > and how to disable the synaptic pad (driver). > > > > James > > hi james, > > i know of 2 methods - either using synclient or xinput. if the synclient > method doesn't work, simply install xinput and the latter one should work. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > cat ~/bin/toggle-touchpad > #/bin/sh > # synclient version > if(synclient -l | grep "TouchpadOff" | grep -q "0") ; then > synclient TouchpadOff=1 > else > synclient TouchpadOff=0 > fi > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > cat ~/bin/toggle-touchpad > #/bin/sh > # xinput version > if(xinput list-props TouchPad | grep "Synaptics Off" | grep -q "0") ; then > xinput set-int-prop TouchPad "Synaptics Off" 8 1 > else > xinput set-int-prop TouchPad "Synaptics Off" 8 0 > fi > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Or if you want to use the xorg configuration files you can try creating: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf and adding the option: Option "TouchpadOff" "1" under the synaptics class, or set it to "2" if you want only tapping & scrolling switched off. If this does not work (as was the case here) then you can instead modify /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf (but will be overwritten when you remerge/update evdev). If this still does not work <sigh...> then evdev will not do it - you need instead the synaptics driver to load and capture the events from your touchpad. I assume that this may be a rare case, but since I came across it this is what you need to try: Add Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" in your Section "ServerLayout" of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Then modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf or /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf and add Option "TouchpadOff" "1" in there. Theoretically, files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ should take precedence over files in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/, but practically this is not always the case. HTH -- Regards, Mick
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