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Re: Disable touchpad completely in KDE

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On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 9:21 AM Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:

> Paul Johnson wrote:
> > I'm trying to work out where I can disable the touchpad completely in
> KDE.
> > I can seem to do it when certain devices are plugged in, but there
> doesn't
> > seem to be a way to make it always off.  I've got a trackpoint and the
> > touchpad just exists to get in the way.
>
> If your system is using xinput:
>
> xinput will tell you about the I/O devices you have, giving you
> numbers.
>
> xinput list followed by one of those device numbers will give
> you lots of output, so you can be sure you've got the right one.
>
> xinput disable followed by that device number should, in fact,
> disable it.
>
> Let us know if you aren't using xinput.


 I'm not seeing the touchpad listed.

baloo@wojtek:~$ xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer
 (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer
 (2)]
⎜   ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad                id=15   [slave  pointer
 (2)]
⎜   ↳ TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint                     id=16   [slave  pointer
 (2)]
⎜   ↳ PixArt USB Optical Mouse                  id=11   [slave  pointer
 (2)]
⎜   ↳ CHICONY USB Keyboard                      id=12   [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)]
    ↳ Video Bus                                 id=8    [slave  keyboard
(3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button                              id=9    [slave  keyboard
(3)]
    ↳ Integrated Camera: Integrated C           id=13   [slave  keyboard
(3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=14   [slave  keyboard
(3)]
    ↳ ThinkPad Extra Buttons                    id=17   [slave  keyboard
(3)]
    ↳ CHICONY USB Keyboard                      id=10   [slave  keyboard
(3)]

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Disable touchpad completely in KDE Paul Johnson <baloo@ursamundi.org> - 2020-06-26 15:50 +0200
  Re: Disable touchpad completely in KDE Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-06-26 16:30 +0200
    Re: Disable touchpad completely in KDE Paul Johnson <baloo@ursamundi.org> - 2020-06-27 03:10 +0200
      Re: Disable touchpad completely in KDE David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-06-27 05:20 +0200
      Re: Disable touchpad completely in KDE Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-06-27 05:40 +0200

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