On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 07:15:05PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > Can someone tell me how to edit the /usr/share/X11/50-synaptics.conf > file, which when copied to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, will disable it totally?
what exactly do you want to do? ignore the device completely? Section "InputClass" Identifier "ignore touchpads" MatchDriver "synaptics" Option "Ignore" "on" EndSection Cheers, Peter > That thing is so sensitive it can cause a focus grab away from what you > are trying to do while the nearest part of a hovering over it hand is > still an inch or more away from actually touching it. > > It is a major pita on my old HP dv5120us laptop, when I have to go grab > the mouse, find it on screen, and then reclick on the terminal screen I > am using before I can type another character. > > Hints please. > > Thank you. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: %(user_address)s > _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
