Am 6. Februar 2021 20:10:58 MEZ schrieb Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com>: > On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 15:09:33 +0100 > Florian Zieboll <f.zieb...@web.de> wrote: > > > > > > Hallo Steve, > > > > after having had a look at your script and the 'xinput' manpage, I > > still don't understand, where the information about the device's > > state is stored. > > I assume it's stored somewhere in xorg. > > > > > As the current state is preserved between different operating > > systems: Do I assume correctly, that the touchpad is > > "stateful" (enabled | disabled) and replacing a disabled one with > > an identical one from another computer (where it had not been > > disabled) would restore its functionality? > > You're asking questions beyond my knowledge, but no matter what the > state, you can always change it. You don't need to replace the > touchpad. > Steve
Supposing that "somewhere in xorg" means "under '/etc/X11/' or under '/usr/share/X11/'", a configuration change definitely would not endure booting into another OS; under '/proc/' it wouldn't even survive a reboot (would it even persist over a runlevel change there?!). The only possibility (which is accessible from within Linux and does not require a "stateful" touchpad) coming to my mind to make such a configuration persistent over a reboot AND across different OSes, might be under '/sys/firmware/efi/' - which would presume a UEFI system. I am seriously curious about more opinions on this! NB: Of course, the idea of swapping hardware was only meant to illustrate the term "stateful". libre Grüße, Florian _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
