On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:33 PM, J. Bakshi <j.bakshi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Â Any clue please ??
>
>
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:15:01 +0530
> "J. Bakshi" <j.bakshi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 10:07:41 +0530
>> "J. Bakshi" <j.bakshi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> >
>> > Hello list,
>> >
>> > Here is my udev rules which disable touchpad when I plug my usb external mouse, and enable it again, when removing the mouse
>> >
>> > ```````````````````
>> > ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ENV{ID_CLASS}="mouse", ENV{DISPLAY}=":0.0", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/home/user1/.Xauthority" ÂRUN+="/usr/bin/synclient TouchpadOff=1", RUN+="/bin/su user1 -c 'DISPLAY=:0.0 notify-send %k ' "
>> >
>> > ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ENV{ID_CLASS}=="mouse" ÂRUN+="/usr/bin/synclient TouchpadOff=0", RUN+="/bin/su user1 -c 'DISPLAY=:0.0 notify-send %k ' "
>> > ``````````````````````````````
>> >
>> > The rules is running well within X. But only when I start my WM with startx , then the rules behaves opposite. With no mouse attached , the touchpad is still inactive. Though by pluging/unpluging the mouse, the rules start working normally. I don't understand why startx makes the rules behave so. Could anyone give me any clue please ?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > --
>>
>> I wonder, if there is any alternative to disable/enable the touchpad, irrespective of DISPLAY ( i.e. ENV{DISPLAY}=":0.0", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/home/user1/.Xauthority" ). Hence the rules will work well whenever it detects the mouse, in X and in console.
I think the issue is that your display manager probably isn't using
~/.Xauthority and you're DISPLAY may not be :0.
I think the only "correct" way to implement this is to have a process
running in your session that listens to udev events and runs
synclient/notify-send when it finds the ones it wants. Otherwise, the
hacky way to do it is to figure out all the current X sessions, where
the xauth files are and run the commands in each session. You'd
probably want a script for that.
--
Dan
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