On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 9:21 AM Dan Ritter <[email protected]> wrote:
> Paul Johnson wrote:
> > I'm trying to work out where I can disable the touchpad completely in
> KDE.
> > I can seem to do it when certain devices are plugged in, but there
> doesn't
> > seem to be a way to make it always off. I've got a trackpoint and the
> > touchpad just exists to get in the way.
>
> If your system is using xinput:
>
> xinput will tell you about the I/O devices you have, giving you
> numbers.
>
> xinput list followed by one of those device numbers will give
> you lots of output, so you can be sure you've got the right one.
>
> xinput disable followed by that device number should, in fact,
> disable it.
>
> Let us know if you aren't using xinput.
I'm not seeing the touchpad listed.
baloo@wojtek:~$ xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer
(3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer
(2)]
⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=15 [slave pointer
(2)]
⎜ ↳ TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint id=16 [slave pointer
(2)]
⎜ ↳ PixArt USB Optical Mouse id=11 [slave pointer
(2)]
⎜ ↳ CHICONY USB Keyboard id=12 [slave pointer
(2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard
(2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard
(3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard
(3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard
(3)]
↳ Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard
(3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard
(3)]
↳ Integrated Camera: Integrated C id=13 [slave keyboard
(3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=14 [slave keyboard
(3)]
↳ ThinkPad Extra Buttons id=17 [slave keyboard
(3)]
↳ CHICONY USB Keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard
(3)]
