On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 16:30:55 +0100 Didier Kryn <k...@in2p3.fr> wrote:
> Le 28/12/2020 à 16:00, Steve Litt a écrit : > > On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 09:39:04 +0100 > > Didier Kryn <k...@in2p3.fr> wrote: > > > > > >> Note you might as well open your laptop and unplug the > >> touchpad. Just search for a tutorial on how to change it. > >> > >> -- Didier > > Huh? How did you draw that conclusion? > > Well, it's a hardware problem you are trying to solve by a > software method; why not solving it by a hard method? If your > touchpad is unusable and is always in your way, the most radical > method to get rid of it is to unplug it, no? And my experience with > an old laptop is that it may be easy to do. I have changed the > keyboard of this old laptop and I could see the connector of the > touchpad. Perhaps I misrepresented my circumstances. I need a mousepad for Firefox and other all GUI all the time apps, and I need the mousepad shut off for text authoring programs. So I hit a hotkey and bang, the mousepad is toggled. Also, I wouldn't be caught dead doing hardware work on a modern laptop: I'd probably break it. The shellscript is trivially easy, and it's reliable. So even if I *never* wanted the mousepad to work, I'd prefer a software solution to having to bust into a laptop. SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2020 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
