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  1. #21
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    Re: HowTo: Disable Synaptics Touchpad While Typing

    Ok, still doesnt work

    I added the line to xorg.conf


    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
    Driver "synaptics"
    Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
    Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
    Option "SHMConfig" "on"
    EndSection

    I also did the syndameon thing


  2. #22
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    Re: HowTo: Disable Synaptics Touchpad While Typing

    Osofast,

    You misspelled the syndaemon command in the Sessions/Startup Programs window. Try fixing that and see if it works.

  3. #23
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    Re: HowTo: Disable Synaptics Touchpad While Typing

    is there a fast way to enable and disable this?

  4. #24
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    Re: HowTo: Disable Synaptics Touchpad While Typing

    Hey, thanks for the reply,

    Im fairly sure I didnt mis spell anything
    Just to make sure I copied and pasted it from your post into the sessions manager and still nothing.

    When I type syndaemon -i -d in terminal this is what i get
    Usage: syndaemon [-i idle-time] [-d] [-t] [-k]
    -i How many seconds to wait after the last key press before
    enabling the touchpad. (default is 2.0s)
    -d Start as a daemon, ie in the background.
    -p Create a pid file with the specified name.
    -t Only disable tapping and scrolling, not mouse movements.
    -k Ignore modifier keys when monitoring keyboard activity.
    -K Like -k but also ignore Modifier+Key combos.

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    Re: HowTo: Disable Synaptics Touchpad While Typing

    Hey Osofast,

    I'm not sure what to tell you. I'm no expert on this. I just noticed that the instructions say to enter the command "syndaemon -i 1 d" and your screen shot shows that you have entered "syndaemon -i -d".

  6. #26
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    Re: HowTo: Disable Synaptics Touchpad While Typing

    Hey,

    I tried putting the 1 there but still not solution.

    The "1" is how many seconds you want the touchpad to turn off for. by default (if you leave it empty) its 2 seconds. I dont think this is the problem.

    Thanks though, I guess Ill have to try something else.

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    Re: HowTo: Disable Synaptics Touchpad While Typing

    oh well, i think i am just going to go back to using windows

  8. #28
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    Re: HowTo: Disable Synaptics Touchpad While Typing

    Quote Originally Posted by reacocard View Post
    To disable the touchpad completely, open your xorg.conf, and comment out or remove the line that says
    Code:
    	InputDevice	"Synaptics Touchpad"
    in the "ServerLayout" section (it's near the bottom).
    This did not work for me, as the Touchpad was still sending events via the default InputDevice ("Configured Mouse"). What worked was:

    Code:
    Section "ServerLayout"
            Identifier      "Default Layout"
            Screen          "Default Screen"
            InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
    #       InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
            InputDevice     "Synaptics Touchpad"
    EndSection
    Code:
    Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier      "Synaptics Touchpad"
            Driver          "synaptics"
            Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
            Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
            Option          "Protocol"              "auto-dev"
            Option          "HorizScrollDelta"      "0"
            Option          "TouchpadOff"           "1"
            Option          "SHMConfig"             "on"
    EndSection

  9. #29
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    Re: HowTo: Disable Synaptics Touchpad While Typing

    Oh thanks, i have gotten used to not touching my mousepad...but ill give this a try tonight and see what i get.

    thanks a bunch

  10. #30
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    Re: HowTo: Disable Synaptics Touchpad While Typing

    thanks for the tutorial, Mais. i'll try it when i next use my laptop. my touchpad was almost perfectly configured by ubuntu, apart from this.

    i'm not sure about this, as it looks like no one has mentioned it, but i think there's a mistake at 'C'. you wrote
    C. Type gksudo /etc/X11/xorg.conf Enter your password if it prompts you.
    and i think it should have gedit after gksudo like this -
    C. Type gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf Enter your password if it prompts you.
    Thanks to the forums staff for your dedication and hard work
    (the admins changed my sig to that lol )

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