On Monday 27 April 2015 22:29:11 Peter Hutterer wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 09:24:37PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 27 April 2015 20:17:57 Peter Hutterer wrote: > > > 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 > > > > I put that into the file, then renamed it to Xorg.conf when that > > didn't work, followed by another reboot, no difference in the > > behaviour or the Xorg.0.log. > > > > Does it belong in the Xsessions.d subdir? > > > > And what is its correct name? > > put it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-ignore-synaptics.conf
I was going to, but the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d directory I just made, put the file in there as 50-synaptics.conf before I rebooted, but it appears X blows that directory away during the boot. It and the file are gone after the reboot. Is it beer-thirty yet? :( > Cheers, > Peter Thanks Peter. 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