I can't disable my touchpad again...
Bob Barrett
bobbrrtt at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 11 18:54:54 UTC 2009
Linuxguy123 wrote:
> Something happened with the recent updates such that my touchpad is
> operational again. I don't want it to be operational because I
> frequently seem to accidentally move the mouse when I type.
>
> Prior to this I disabled the mouse by adding the following to my
> xorg.conf file:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Synaptics"
> Driver "synaptics"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> Option "SHMConfig" "on"
> EndSection
>
> For some reason this section has now been commented out. Why would that
> be ?
>
> Back in Fedora 8, I used ksynaptics to control my touchpad. What is
> its status these days ?
>
> How do I once again disable my touchpad ?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
On my HP laptop, there's an on/off switch at the top of the mouse pad
in the surrounding trim strip. It's hard to see, but I can feel it.
Your's may have a hardware switch, somewhere.
Bob
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