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Topic: [SOLVED]How to disable Synaptic Touchpad BY DEFAULT?

everytime i start/reboot my laptop, i have to type the following command line to disable the touchpad..

$synclient touchpadoff=1

how can i set it to disable the touchpad by default?

thx.

Last edited by len (2012-02-04 16:51:10)

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Re: [SOLVED]How to disable Synaptic Touchpad BY DEFAULT?

using a script, for example: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … connected/

(not to bitch, but did you search the forums for 'synaptics disable'? this script is the first result)

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Re: [SOLVED]How to disable Synaptic Touchpad BY DEFAULT?

rhowaldt wrote:

using a script, for example: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … connected/

(not to bitch, but did you search the forums for 'synaptics disable'? this script is the first result)


First of all, thx very much..
And actually I did search both the forum and the Internet..but several times I got few desired results so that I gave up doing that..maybe I used wrong key words (I am a English learner so sometimes it hard for me to get the proper key word)..

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Re: [SOLVED]How to disable Synaptic Touchpad BY DEFAULT?

and....
It's said that there is another, easier way to achieve my wish, that is, to add the following line

Option "TouchpadOff" "1"

to /etc/X11/xorg.conf or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.But NEITHER file is found.

$man synclient

returns info including

FILES
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       /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
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Re: [SOLVED]How to disable Synaptic Touchpad BY DEFAULT?

^^ no problem man, as long as you searched first you are doing the right thing. it is always a problem finding the right keywords, but you'll get better at it as you go along. glad you got your answer though! could you mark the thread 'Solved' when it is done? keep things tidy smile

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Re: [SOLVED]How to disable Synaptic Touchpad BY DEFAULT?

len wrote:

everytime i start/reboot my laptop, i have to type the following command line to disable the touchpad..

$synclient touchpadoff=1

how can i set it to disable the touchpad by default?

thx.

In other words, you want the touchpad to be off at startup and remain off...basically "play dead", right?  Add this to your ~/.config/openbox/autostart:

synclient touchpadoff=1 &
while ( ! ( succeed = try() ) );
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Re: [SOLVED]How to disable Synaptic Touchpad BY DEFAULT?

@pvsage

thx a lot..but i found @rhowaldt 's solution very useful and i followed it. It's really great work..

now consider this problem solved.

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