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disable touchpad while typing
I want to disable the touchpad while typing. There is a setting for this under mouse options but it doesn't work.
Also tried
syndaemon -i 1 -K -d
also didn't work.
Is there a way to make this happen without installing new mouse drivers (which possibly seems risky to me).
tsolow
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October 17th, 2015 17:00
doesn't seem to work, also i would much rather disable the touchpad for 1-2 seconds after typing a char
Rongwey
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October 17th, 2015 17:00
You should be able to double tap in the upper left hand corner to disable the touchpad quickly without having to make any changes to the drivers or the settings. Hope this helps.
bas256
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October 18th, 2015 00:00
There is a lot of valuable information here:
https://github.com/mpalourdio/xps13/
The BIOS upgrade A06 is supposed to solve these issues, but I am not sure what its status is.
anaran
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October 18th, 2015 05:00
Hi, the upper left hand corner of what would one double tap?
Could you elaborate on the steps or point to some documentation?
Thanks!
Rongwey
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October 19th, 2015 02:00
My apologies. The question was how to disable the touchpad? Double tap in the upper left hand corner of the touchpad. It works for most except for my HP Probook 4440s. Bloomin thing has only worked half of the time in the past 2 years.I hope this helps. If not, post your system model and we'll get it fixed up hopefully.
tsolow
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October 19th, 2015 05:00
I'm using an xps 13 9343
WhiteMiddleClas
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October 20th, 2015 21:00
I'm in the same boat. I've tried every fix I can find, and still no dice.
I've ran into so many issues with this distro that I started my own post that I'm going to start logging all my bug fixes and attempts. So maybe we can collaborate.
gual0s
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June 16th, 2017 02:00
Hi,
Long story short, you have to disable an input method in the X config. The full answer:
ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php
It looks like the system starts with 2 different input methods after full boot, and it gets syndaemon confused. You don't need to start that daemon manually.
PS: I'm running, pre-installed Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS in a Dell XPS13 (9360)
abescully
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June 27th, 2017 10:00
On Fedora 26, default install but with 4.12.0-rc7 and libinput 1.8 installed the touchpad is disabled while typing. In Firefox, the cursor stays on the screen but doesn't move. When typing in gnome-terminal, the cursor disappears, too, which is nice.