On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 03:36:35PM +0000, ael wrote: > On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 10:20:04AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > My touchpad is absurdly sensitive, and I keep brushing against it by > > accident. > > I don't feel the touch at all, but the computer sure does. > > It can hapen while I'm typing and suddenly my text edit turns into a > > shell command in a newsly chosen window. > > I suspect even a few beard hairs can activate it. > > the mouse fails (usually low battery) an then I do want the touchpad. > > > > Is there any way to disable the touchpad normally, but to reactivate it > > easily when the mouse fails? > > If it is an synaptics touchpad then it is highly configurable and you > should be able to fine tune it to do exactly what you want.
believe it is a synaptics. > > But just > /usr/bin/syndaemon -i 1 -d -k > may be all you need to avoid problems when typing. And how to restore its normal function? > > dpkg -L xserver-xorg-input-synaptics > > will reveal several relevant tools. > > I don't know if other types of touchpad have similar tools. Probably. > > ael > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
