Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 11:37:10 -0600 From: jd1008 <jd1008@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: turning off the touchpad Message-ID: <57D2F346.9040508@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1609091250140.34497@fledge.watson.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1609091250140.34497@fledge.watson.org>
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Do you have the command synclient in /bin or /usr/bin or /sbin or /usr/sbin ...etc ??? If yes, then you can turn it off and on with that command. synclient Touchpadoff=1 # turn it off synclient Touchpadoff=0 # turn it on On 09/09/2016 11:02 AM, doug wrote: > With the lastest version of Xorg they seem to have removed the ability > to do this. AFAIK from google, the x11 mailing list and X.org this is > not considered an issue or a bug. I found some stuff in FreeBSD 11.0 > with sysctrls that might work there (although their issue was turning > it on, if only...) those controls do not exist in FreeBSD 10.3. > > It appears that the change in integrating all support for pointing > devices in a single driver. In my 10.1 system the touchpad was > supported by a driver using ps2 interface, so adding > [moused_port="/dev/ums0"] to rc.conf fixed the problem. > > I am posting here as I hope someone has found a workaround. On some > laptops (esp mine) it is very hard to touch type and miss the > touchpad. I wish you could turn it off in the BIOS, but no such luck. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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