Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 13:51:37 -0400 (EDT) From: doug <doug@fledge.watson.org> To: jd1008 <jd1008@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: turning off the touchpad Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1609091348240.34497@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <57D2F346.9040508@gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1609091250140.34497@fledge.watson.org> <57D2F346.9040508@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 9 Sep 2016, jd1008 wrote: > 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 Thanks for the thought but, nope; no command, package, port, or anywhere in /usr/local. I can find people talking about it but it seems to be gone by 10.3 and xorg 7.7_2. > 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" >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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