Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:35:21 -0400 (EDT) From: DTD <doug@safeport.com> To: Aleksander Alekseev <afiskon@devzen.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: turning off the touchpad [solved] Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1609231306010.72744@bucksport.safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <20160923070444.GA2611@e733> References: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1609091250140.34497@fledge.watson.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1609230218420.62049@fledge.watson.org> <20160923070444.GA2611@e733>
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On Fri, 23 Sep 2016, Aleksander Alekseev wrote:
>> This turns out to be easy. I got pointed to the answer from the freebsd-x11
>> list. Use 'xinput list' to get the id of the psm device and then
>>
>> xinput set-prop 8 "Device Enabled" 0
>>
>> will disable it. I suppose that means adding an InputDevice section to
>> /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ should also work. I could not figure out the
>> options from the man page however.
>
> Note that this can turn off not only touchpad but all mouse devices in
> your system. I personally turn off touchpad this way:
>
> ```
> sysctl hw.psm.synaptics.touchpad_off=1
> ```
> This will not work unless you have:
>
> ```
> hw.psm.synaptics_support="1"
> ```
>
> ... in your /boot/loader.conf
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Aleksander Alekseev
Thanks I will try that. But typing
hermes:/home/doug# sysctl hw.psm.synaptics_support="1"
sysctl: unknown oid 'hw.psm.synaptics_support'
I assumed I would get the same result from loader.conf. I can try loading the
synaptics driver, but in the meantime what I did works
Note xinput list gets:
Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
sysmouse id=7 [slave pointer (2)]
Mouse id=8 [slave pointer (2)]
Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
kbdmux id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
I have moused_port="/dev/ums0" in rc.conf. In any case id=7 is my usb mouse
(working fine) and I can type because id=8 (the touchpad) is off. Also fine :)
Between the physical dimensions of my laptop and the way I hold my hands,
typing was impossible.
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