Disable touchpad tap to click in XFCE

2021-09-14 Thread Sam Varshavchik
This almost feels like a ritual that I go through every 3-4 years: figure out how to disable the laptop's obnoxious touchpad from registering phantom tap clicks. This time around Google claims XFCE's "Mouse and Touchpad" settings has a checkbox for that. Google also gives instructions for u

Re: Disable touchpad tap to click in XFCE

2021-09-14 Thread Ed Greshko
On 15/09/2021 07:59, Sam Varshavchik wrote: This almost feels like a ritual that I go through every 3-4 years: figure out how to disable the laptop's obnoxious touchpad from registering phantom tap clicks. This time around Google claims XFCE's "Mouse and Touchpad" settings has a checkbox for

Re: Disable touchpad tap to click in XFCE

2021-09-15 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Ed Greshko writes: On 15/09/2021 07:59, Sam Varshavchik wrote: This almost feels like a ritual that I go through every 3-4 years: figure out how to disable the laptop's obnoxious touchpad from registering phantom tap clicks. This time around Google claims XFCE's "Mouse and Touchpad" settin

Re: Disable touchpad tap to click in XFCE

2021-09-15 Thread Roger Heflin
On any given reboot/login/logout the id= can and will change. The scanning order/process should be the same, but if all devices are asked in parallel tiny timing differences in how each answers can change the order. You generally need code first to find the current ID for the given named device,

Re: Disable touchpad tap to click in XFCE

2021-09-15 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 12:24:32PM -0500, Roger Heflin wrote: On any given reboot/login/logout the id= can and will change. The scanning order/process should be the same, but if all devices are asked in parallel tiny timing differences in how each answers can change the order. You generally nee

Re: Disable touchpad tap to click in XFCE

2021-09-16 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Sam Varshavchik writes: So, after reading your message, this morning I went back in. For some inexplicable reason: 1) xinput now tells me that id=12 is an "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" And today it's back to a PS/2 mouse. mrsam@traveler ~]$ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer

Re: Disable touchpad tap to click in XFCE

2021-09-16 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Sam Varshavchik writes: Sam Varshavchik writes: So, after reading your message, this morning I went back in. For some inexplicable reason: 1) xinput now tells me that id=12 is an "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" And today it's back to a PS/2 mouse. mrsam@traveler ~]$ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core