-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:42:11 +0300 Adam Wilson <mox...@riseup.net> wrote:
>On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:11:12 -0500 Haines Brown <hai...@histomat.net> >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 >> > <hai...@histomat.net> 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 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 >> > > >> > > My Thinkpad touch pad was also driving me crazy because I couldn't >> > > help moving the mouse pointer when typing. I simply removed the >> > > synaptic package and have had peace ever since. >> > >> > Is there not a Fn+Key combination to activate/deactivate the >> > touchpad minus the hassle? >> >> As best as I can make out from the x250 manual, there's no way to >> disable the touchpad. I don't know why removing synaptic disabled the >> touchpad. But doing so did no harm and I'm not sure why a package >> manager is useful. 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. > >So you don't use apt then? > - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJW0xHmAAoJEIqui46mydCA7cgIAINXRXsbcYAtiRVuIAbXOfBD VLGcxv1RgCtdPu0Wik4Rtdgnzlvq8lqumgKRWx9YPZKHV10pCbV2b9vZZOaA7oZE CXQieyDDOObpciufWY1R6XxzM8pJx0q2Shdtxe6M53KnGDw7F6ptZ5S7xsqZLVwb fsImdXfkv6yCz+KYjN0QkESwc5FUPNHomdqC6umLGSXdPXTe5ecaN8MRBlZayReE AstlwtOh+4lkE6jmGKilmzHqzH0Ak61PSaw8yxQhno8cfRpTqxrqW4hDu5FJ5bCd sHy/tPazUHhR7Osc+G0QbXviDFQJrFdRYJdXzHKyl9qv5GCt7ujrLrhOBOnWn/4= =xr00 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
