Rick, My name is Darlene Wallach.
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Rick Stevens <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/07/2011 03:32 PM, suvayu ali wrote: > > Hello Oliver, > > > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 23:45, Oliver Ruebenacker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I got a new Dell Latitude laptop with a touchpad and installed a > >> fresh F15-XFCE. The computer is difficult to use, because it is almost > >> impossible to type anything without touching the touchpad, and the > >> slightest touch will result in a unwanted and sometimes disastrous > >> mouse click (in contrast with the mouse keys, which need to be pressed > >> rather forcefully). > > > > I am not sure the gpointing-device-settings utility works any more. But > > to disable "double tap to click", you can try this in a terminal. > > > > $ synclient TapButton1=0 > > > > To get a list of all the options just type synclient. > > > > To execute this everytime you login to XFCE put it in > > ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc as a shell script. > > > > $ cat ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc > > #!/bin/sh > > synclient TapButton1=0 > > > > Hope this helps. > I have a LinuxCertified laptop. > > May not, as not all Dells use a Synaptics touchpad. My Dell Inspiron > N7110 doesn't. So, here's what I did: > > 1. Create "/usr/local/bin/flipdelltouchpad" containing the following > shell script: > ------------------------------ CUT HERE ----------------------------- > #!/bin/bash > touchpadString="PS/2 Generic Mouse" > touchpadID=$(xinput list | grep "$touchpadString" | awk -F " " '{print > $6}' | awk -F "=" '{print $2}') > touchpadEnabled=$(xinput list-props $touchpadID | grep "Device Enabled" > | awk -F ":" '{print $2}') > > # Check for arguments on the command line > if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then # Any arguments? > arg1=$(echo $1 | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]) > # Yes, convert to lower case > cliArg=1 # Set flag that we have one > else # There is no argument. > cliArg=0 # Clear flag > fi > > if [ $cliArg -eq 1 ]; then # Did we get an argument? > if [ $arg1 = 'on' ]; then # Yes, was it "on"? > xinput --set-prop $touchpadID "Device Enabled" 1 > # Yes, enable the touchpad > elif [ $arg1 = 'off' ]; then # No, was it "off"? > xinput --set-prop $touchpadID "Device Enabled" 0 > # Yes, disable the touchpad > else # None of the above, so... > sleep 1 # ...sleep one second, exit > fi > > else # No argument, toggle state > if [ $touchpadEnabled -eq 1 ]; then # Enabled now? > xinput --set-prop $touchpadID "Device Enabled" 0 > # Yes, so disable it > else # Must be disabled, so... > xinput --set-prop $touchpadID "Device Enabled" 1 > # ...enable it > fi > fi > ------------------------------ CUT HERE ----------------------------- > (code borrowed from Brendan Dugan, give props where they're due). > > 2. Save the file and chmod it 755 so it can be executed. > > 3. Go into Applications->Keyboard and select the "Application Shortcuts" > tab. > > 4. Add a new keystroke (I used Fn-F3 which will toggle the touchpad on > and off under Winblows but is ignored in Xfce) and tell it to run that > /usr/local/bin/dellfliptouchpad script when that key is hit. > > Then, when you hold down "Fn" and press "F3", the touchpad will toggle > on and off. The script also supports passing in an argument, too, so > > /usr/local/bin/flipdelltouchpad on > > will enable the touchpad and > > /usr/local/bin/flipdelltouchpad off > > will disable it. > I couldn't get the keyboard short cut to work but the cli works *great*! Thank you very much for the script. I've been trying to disable my touchpad since I bought the laptop. My old laptop actually had a button that disabled the touchpad. > > Note that on my Inspiron this does not turn the LED on and off, but > that's a small price to pay. I'll sort that out sometime, but for > now I'm happy. > I'm very happy to be able to disable my touchpad as I use a USB mouse. Thank you very much! Darlene Wallach -- equal justice under law
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