On 04/27/2015 06:54 AM, Nick Schmalenberger wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 01:21:17AM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote: >> >> My wife just picked up a used Thinkpad e455 laptop and it's >> working fairly well with Kubuntu 14.04 (trusty). >> >> One big problem is: we're unable to get KDE to disable the >> touchpad while she types (or, like, at all). The KDE >> control center's "Touchpad" module complains that the >> Synpatics driver is not loaded. >> >> I've dug around the web, hitting a lot of 2008 & 2009 threads >> mostly, to no avail. Has anyone got any experience with this >> kind of trouble on a _recent_ version of Linux? I'm done >> stabbing in the dark, using recommended tips that are probably >> useless nowadays. >> >> The main issue is an inability to type on the thing, w/o the >> mouse flying all over the screen. (There are all sorts of >> great settings to disable touchpad when typing, or when it >> detects a palm vs. fingers... none of which are available to >> us until we figure out this driver problem.) >> >> Thanks in advance! >> > Does lsmod say any synaptics kernel modules are already loaded? > Assuming it is referring to the kernel module and not some > separate X Windows driver, it might help to load one of > synaptics_usb or synaptics_i2c, maybe before X starts? The usual > place to put kernel modules to be loaded for no apparent reason > is /etc/modules. Once it does load, dmesg might have helpful > information about how the module is detecting the touchpad. > -Nick
Appears to be a known issue with a possible simple workaround using syndaemon: http://askubuntu.com/questions/299868/disable-touchpad-while-typing-does-not-work Not sure its necessary but this user goes as far as building upstream drivers http://askubuntu.com/questions/462135/touchpad-issue-jumping-cursor-while-typing-ubuntu-14-04-syndaemon-dont-help -Alex _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
