• Registered: 2009-03-23
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Topic: How to disable touchpad while writing

I dont know if this is common knowledge - but for me it was a lifesaver. The following was found here: http://sprayfly.com/2009/08/23/disable- … in-ubuntu/

Below copy-paste from that blog post:

Before we do anything else, we need to enable configuration of the touchpad by enabling SHMConfig in a configuration file. In a terminal, enter the following commands:

sudo nano /etc/hal/fdi/policy/shmconfig.fdi

Paste the following code into the file and save:

True

Now in therminal do:

syndaemon -t -K -d -i 1

And your all set. Read the original post linked above for explanation of the different syndaemon options.

You can add the syndaemon to your autostart script (menu - preferences - openbox config - edit autostart)

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Re: How to disable touchpad while writing

Zwopper posted a similar howto:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … en-typing/

Yours seems simpler though smile

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Re: How to disable touchpad while writing

Interesting. Less than a month and I changed my opinion about HAL 180°. Time goes by...

I'm so meta, even this acronym
  • Registered: 2009-03-23
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Re: How to disable touchpad while writing

@ anonymous: Thanks I didn't know that. So I am sorry for the double post - thanks for taking it nicely :-)

@awebb: As a complete ignorant linuxuser I hardly know what HAL is - pros and cons. But thats the great thing with #! - I keep learning :-)

  • Registered: 2009-03-23
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Re: How to disable touchpad while writing

Do this:
http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … e-writing/

  • Registered: 2010-02-23
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Re: How to disable touchpad while writing

Thanks for the link.

  • Registered: 2010-02-02
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Re: How to disable touchpad while writing

Thanks for the tip, this is really useful on my eee! I kept accidentally resting my wrist on the touchpad and moving the cursor while I was typing, this is a great fix!

  • Registered: 2009-01-11
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Re: How to disable touchpad while writing

achristoffersen wrote:

Paste the following code into the file and save:

True

Now in therminal do:

syndaemon -t -K -d -i 1

And your all set. Read the original post linked above for explanation of the different syndaemon options.

I think what you meant to input is not the word 

True

but this...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><deviceinfo version="0.2"><device><match key="input.x11_driver" string="synaptics"><merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">True</merge></match></device></deviceinfo>

Also, be sure to restart X afterwards by logging out and back in

Last edited by medianmajik (2010-03-04 19:41:01)