Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-03-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 28 February 2016 18:39:50 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 28 February 2016 12:31:46 Joel Roth wrote: > > A "hardware" solution is to make a cardboard cover for the > > touchpad. > > In the Ripley's Believe it or Not category, that was tried, and the &%$# > thing could still see a thumb re

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad? solved

2016-02-29 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2016-02-29 at 08:24 +, Tixy wrote: [...] > If you want to assign those commands to keyboard shortcuts, you can do > so by editing .config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml. I use this method to get > sound volume working using amixer (see below) and googling I found > there's a key binding for touchp

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad? solved

2016-02-29 Thread Tixy
On Sun, 2016-02-28 at 19:12 +0100, BerndSchmittNews wrote: > Thanks to everyone who responded. > I got all the information I needed to solve my problem. > > Am 28.02.2016 um 11:56 schrieb BerndSchmittNews: > > under debian7 I was using gpoint to temporarily deactivate touchpad. > synclient T

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 28 February 2016 16:24:12 David Wright wrote: > On Sun 28 Feb 2016 at 11:37:05 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 28 February 2016 08:04:01 lostson wrote: > > > On 02/28/2016 04:56 AM, BerndSchmittNews wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > under debian7 I was using gpoint to temporar

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
By the way, the touchpad package name ends in "synaptics" while the packet manager name lacks the trailing "s". A good starter for configuration is the file /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/README.Debian (as for many packages is /usr/share/doc//README.Debian) On the web it is documen

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sun, 2016-02-28 at 11:56 +0100, BerndSchmittNews wrote: > Hello, > under debian7 I was using gpoint to temporarily deactivate > touchpad. > My acer laptop drives me crazy, after a while the pointer is running > wild. > I hoped that this would not happen in debian8, but maybe it is a > hardwa

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread David Wright
On Sun 28 Feb 2016 at 11:37:05 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 28 February 2016 08:04:01 lostson wrote: > > On 02/28/2016 04:56 AM, BerndSchmittNews wrote: > > > Hello, > > > under debian7 I was using gpoint to temporarily deactivate > > > touchpad. My acer laptop drives me crazy, afte

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 28 February 2016 12:31:46 Joel Roth wrote: > A "hardware" solution is to make a cardboard cover for the > touchpad. > In the Ripley's Believe it or Not category, that was tried, and the &%$# thing could still see a thumb resting on it. Thru a piece of cereal box taped over it. > Bernd

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 28 February 2016 10:27:34 Charlie Kravetz wrote: > On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:42:11 +0300 > > Adam Wilson wrote: > >On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:11:12 -0500 Haines Brown > > > >wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 03:51:11PM +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > >> > On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:42:13 -0500 Hain

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 28 February 2016 08:11:12 Haines Brown wrote: > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 03:51:11PM +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:42:13 -0500 Haines Brown > > > > > > wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 11:56:53AM +0100, BerndSchmittNews wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > under debian

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad? solved

2016-02-28 Thread BerndSchmittNews
Thanks to everyone who responded. I got all the information I needed to solve my problem. Am 28.02.2016 um 11:56 schrieb BerndSchmittNews: under debian7 I was using gpoint to temporarily deactivate touchpad. synclient TouchpadOff=1 synclient TouchpadOff=0 are doing the job. My acer lap

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Joel Roth
A "hardware" solution is to make a cardboard cover for the touchpad. BerndSchmittNews wrote: > Hello, > under debian7 I was using gpoint to temporarily deactivate touchpad. > My acer laptop drives me crazy, after a while the pointer is running wild. > I hoped that this would not happen in debi

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 28 February 2016 08:04:01 lostson wrote: > On 02/28/2016 04:56 AM, BerndSchmittNews wrote: > > Hello, > > under debian7 I was using gpoint to temporarily deactivate > > touchpad. My acer laptop drives me crazy, after a while the pointer > > is running wild. I hoped that this would no

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 08:27:34AM -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote: > Removing synaptic touchpad manager does not remove a package manager. > What used to be called synaptics-touchpad is now called > xserver-xorg-input-synaptics, which is Synaptics Touchpad driver. Thanks for the correction. I must

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:42:11 +0300 Adam Wilson wrote: >On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:11:12 -0500 Haines Brown >wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 03:51:11PM +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: >> > On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:42:13 -0500 Haines Brown >> > wrote: >> >

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Adam Wilson
On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:11:12 -0500 Haines Brown wrote: > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 03:51:11PM +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:42:13 -0500 Haines Brown > > wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 11:56:53AM +0100, BerndSchmittNews wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > under debian7 I

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread lostson
On 02/28/2016 04:56 AM, BerndSchmittNews wrote: Hello, under debian7 I was using gpoint to temporarily deactivate touchpad. My acer laptop drives me crazy, after a while the pointer is running wild. I hoped that this would not happen in debian8, but maybe it is a hardware failure, so I have

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 03:51:11PM +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:42:13 -0500 Haines Brown > wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 11:56:53AM +0100, BerndSchmittNews wrote: > > > Hello, > > > under debian7 I was using gpoint to

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 03:51:11PM +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:42:13 -0500 Haines Brown > wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 11:56:53AM +0100, BerndSchmittNews wrote: > > > Hello, > > > under debian7 I was using gpoint to temporarily deactivate > > > touchpad. My acer

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Adam Wilson
On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:42:13 -0500 Haines Brown wrote: > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 11:56:53AM +0100, BerndSchmittNews wrote: > > Hello, > > under debian7 I was using gpoint to temporarily deactivate > > touchpad. My acer laptop drives me crazy, after a while the pointer > > is running wild. I h

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 11:56:53AM +0100, BerndSchmittNews wrote: > Hello, > under debian7 I was using gpoint to temporarily deactivate touchpad. > My acer laptop drives me crazy, after a while the pointer is running wild. > I hoped that this would not happen in debian8, but maybe it is a hardw

lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread BerndSchmittNews
Hello, under debian7 I was using gpoint to temporarily deactivate touchpad. My acer laptop drives me crazy, after a while the pointer is running wild. I hoped that this would not happen in debian8, but maybe it is a hardware failure, so I have to live/deal with it. thanks Bernd