Hello, On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/07/2011 03:32 PM, suvayu ali wrote: >> Hello Oliver, >> >> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 23:45, Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I got a new Dell Latitude laptop with a touchpad and installed a >>> fresh F15-XFCE. The computer is difficult to use, because it is almost >>> impossible to type anything without touching the touchpad, and the >>> slightest touch will result in a unwanted and sometimes disastrous >>> mouse click (in contrast with the mouse keys, which need to be pressed >>> rather forcefully). >> >> I am not sure the gpointing-device-settings utility works any more. But >> to disable "double tap to click", you can try this in a terminal. >> >> $ synclient TapButton1=0 >> >> To get a list of all the options just type synclient. >> >> To execute this everytime you login to XFCE put it in >> ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc as a shell script. >> >> $ cat ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc >> #!/bin/sh >> synclient TapButton1=0 >> >> Hope this helps. > > May not, as not all Dells use a Synaptics touchpad. My Dell Inspiron > N7110 doesn't. So, here's what I did: > > 1. Create "/usr/local/bin/flipdelltouchpad" containing the following > shell script: > ------------------------------ CUT HERE ----------------------------- > #!/bin/bash > touchpadString="PS/2 Generic Mouse" > touchpadID=$(xinput list | grep "$touchpadString" | awk -F " " '{print > $6}' | awk -F "=" '{print $2}') > touchpadEnabled=$(xinput list-props $touchpadID | grep "Device Enabled" > | awk -F ":" '{print $2}') > > # Check for arguments on the command line > if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then # Any arguments? > arg1=$(echo $1 | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]) > # Yes, convert to lower case > cliArg=1 # Set flag that we have one > else # There is no argument. > cliArg=0 # Clear flag > fi > > if [ $cliArg -eq 1 ]; then # Did we get an argument? > if [ $arg1 = 'on' ]; then # Yes, was it "on"? > xinput --set-prop $touchpadID "Device Enabled" 1 > # Yes, enable the touchpad > elif [ $arg1 = 'off' ]; then # No, was it "off"? > xinput --set-prop $touchpadID "Device Enabled" 0 > # Yes, disable the touchpad > else # None of the above, so... > sleep 1 # ...sleep one second, exit > fi > > else # No argument, toggle state > if [ $touchpadEnabled -eq 1 ]; then # Enabled now? > xinput --set-prop $touchpadID "Device Enabled" 0 > # Yes, so disable it > else # Must be disabled, so... > xinput --set-prop $touchpadID "Device Enabled" 1 > # ...enable it > fi > fi > ------------------------------ CUT HERE ----------------------------- > (code borrowed from Brendan Dugan, give props where they're due). > > 2. Save the file and chmod it 755 so it can be executed. > > 3. Go into Applications->Keyboard and select the "Application Shortcuts" > tab. > > 4. Add a new keystroke (I used Fn-F3 which will toggle the touchpad on > and off under Winblows but is ignored in Xfce) and tell it to run that > /usr/local/bin/dellfliptouchpad script when that key is hit. > > Then, when you hold down "Fn" and press "F3", the touchpad will toggle > on and off. The script also supports passing in an argument, too, so > > /usr/local/bin/flipdelltouchpad on > > will enable the touchpad and > > /usr/local/bin/flipdelltouchpad off > > will disable it. > > Note that on my Inspiron this does not turn the LED on and off, but > that's a small price to pay. I'll sort that out sometime, but for > now I'm happy. Does that turn off all mouse function? I could make friends with disabling the touchpad forever, but I would like to keep the mouse stick (or whatever that little nob on my keyboard is called that moves the mouse cursor if you push it). I have a Dell Latitude E6520. Ironically, I can't open the list of specs from the Dell website in Firefox to find out what kind of touchpad I have. Take care Oliver -- Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org) SBPAX: Turning Bio Knowledge into Math Models (http://www.sbpax.org) http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines