Ubuntu 11.04 with Gnome on Dell 6510: cannot disable touchpad

[vincegata]

@ukf you have different Dell than mine.

[mikejonesey]

sorry for late reply, type;

xinput list

in a terminal and paste your output here...

[vincegata]

Here we go:


Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Receiver id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ImPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=14 [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)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_3M id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Logitech USB Receiver id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=15 [slave keyboard (3)]

[mikejonesey]

so the device you want to toggle has id 14 i believe, you can get more details by typing;

xinput --list-props 14

which will tell you all the props for that device, there should be one like enabled which can be toggled 0/1

with;

xinput set-prop [device id (14)] [enabled propery id (usualy 125)] [on/off (0/1)]

if you still can't work it post the feedback of the props;

or if you want to get it done try the pointed id eg;

xinput set-prop 2 125 0

and

xinput set-prop 2 125 1

that would disable the maser device pointer, ie disable all of these;
Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Receiver id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ImPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=14 [slave pointer (2)]

neways hope that sorts it for you...

[vincegata]

YAY!! It worked!! Thanks a lot!!

It was: Device Enabled (122): 1

I posted this almost two months ago, I thought I'd have to wait till next Ubuntu.

No more annoying touchpad getting in the way!

Thanks again!!!!

[teotihuacano]

so the device you want to toggle has id 14 i believe, you can get more details by typing;

xinput --list-props 14

which will tell you all the props for that device, there should be one like enabled which can be toggled 0/1

with;

xinput set-prop [device id (14)] [enabled propery id (usualy 125)] [on/off (0/1)]

if you still can't work it post the feedback of the props;

or if you want to get it done try the pointed id eg;

xinput set-prop 2 125 0

and

xinput set-prop 2 125 1

that would disable the maser device pointer, ie disable all of these;
Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Receiver id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ImPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=14 [slave pointer (2)]

neways hope that sorts it for you...

Ubuntu God may bless you... I don't understand much of code but
xinput set-prop 11 127 0
worked for me. I was going insane with this issue...
Muchas gracias

[leokemps]

Excelent!

I tried 'xinput set-prop 13 126 0' and works perfectly!

To turn on 'xinput set-prop 13 126 1'

In may case:

xinput --list so the results:

⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Microsoft Microsoft Notebook Receiver v2.0 id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ImPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=13 [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)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_0.3M id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]

Then a typed 'xinput --list-props 13' and the result was:
Device 'ImPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint':
Device Enabled (126): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (128): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
Device Accel Profile (248): 0
Device Accel Constant Deceleration (249): 1.000000
Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (250): 1.000000
Device Accel Velocity Scaling (251): 10.000000
Evdev Axis Inversion (252): 0, 0
Evdev Axes Swap (254): 0
Axis Labels (255): "Rel X" (136), "Rel Y" (137)
Button Labels (256): "Button Left" (129), "Button Middle" (130), "Button Right" (131), "Button Wheel Up" (132), "Button Wheel Down" (133), "Button Horiz Wheel Left" (134), "Button Horiz Wheel Right" (135)
Evdev Middle Button Emulation (257): 0
Evdev Middle Button Timeout (258): 50
Evdev Wheel Emulation (259): 0
Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes (260): 0, 0, 4, 5
Evdev Wheel Emulation Inertia (261): 10
Evdev Wheel Emulation Timeout (262): 200
Evdev Wheel Emulation Button (263): 4
Evdev Drag Lock Buttons (264): 0

Then i checked the prop important in this case was the 'Device Enable(126)'

So taking the command suggested by @mikejonesey

'xinput set-prop [device id (14)] [enabled propery id (usualy 125)] [on/off (0/1)]'

I typed 'xinput set-prop 13 126 0' and so far so good.

Is there any way to set a shortcut or hot key with this command, because i have a inspiron 14 in my keyboard after the key F12 i have a hot key that should enable and disable as a typed, but dont work,this is why i using the command suggested. But i could forget this command, you know.... for me as a newbie looks like a cake recipe if u know what i mean....

Anyone suggest a tech guide or book to becames a pro on Ubuntu?

Thanks, all the best.

[mikejonesey]

this should work for all (my scipt from earlyer but tweeked to find ps2 pointers and find the enabled id)

#!/bin/bash
cd $HOME

function messageUser()
{
    if [ "$(which notify-send)" == "" ]; then
        echo "requires... libnotify-bin for messages..."
    elif [ "$1" == "on" ]; then
        notify-send -t 800 -i /home/mike/myicon.png "Touchpad enabled..." "mike reprogramed the calculator button :)"
    elif [ "$1" == "off" ]; then
        notify-send -t 800 -i /home/mike/myicon.png "Touchpad disabled..." "mike reprogramed the calculator button :)"
    fi
}

touchPadId=$(xinput list | grep -i Point | grep "PS/2" | cut -d "=" -f 2 | cut -b 1-2)
if [ "$touchPadId" == "" ]; then
    echo "Unable to identify device id..."
else
    enabledId=$(xinput --list-props 11 | grep -i enabled | sed 's/.*(//' | sed 's/).*//')
    if [ -a ".mike-touchPadOnOff" ]; then
        rm -rfv ".mike-touchPadOnOff"
        xinput set-prop $touchPadId $enabledId 1
        messageUser "on"
    else
        touch ".mike-touchPadOnOff"
        xinput set-prop $touchPadId $enabledId 0
        messageUser "off"
    fi
fi

just edit for your own logo/image in libnotify, n change the lockfile name to remove "mike" ...

should have a trap to catch interupts n a couple more ifs but it does the job fine...

re: resoureces to become a pro on ubuntu, dunno about specific to ubuntu but i recommend books on linux from wiley

[teotihuacano]

Well, I was happy too fast. Now when I execute xinput set-prop 11 127 0 from a console the computer goes crazy like I if I was holding the Enter down. I had to turn it off each time. I've tried 3 times and it's happened again.
I see now that my ALPS touchpad has moved to id=12 ¡?¡? How could that happen?
~$ xinput --list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Genius Optical Mouse id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ImPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_0.3M id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]

So now I've just tried xinput set-prop 12 127 0 and the touchpad is dead again... uffff

Mikejonesey: sorry for being so ignorant , but what should I do with the script? How do I turn that into a executable file? It looks like it'll find the touchpad wherever it is, right?
Just in case: I have an Inspiron 14.
Thanks

[mikejonesey]

you can paste it into gedit then save as mouse-on-off.sh (or whatever you prefer), these sort of scripts usually reside in ~/bin (home directory->bin directory), to use nautilus to change the permissions so you can run it, right click and check to box under the permissions tab, via command line chmod +x scriptname.sh.

also run

sudo apt-get install libnotify-bin

to get system popup messages when you disable or enable the touchpad

then you can add a keyboard shortcut via the system->pref menu and select that script...