On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 15:15 -0500, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 13:54 -0500, Bob Barrett wrote: > > Linuxguy123 wrote: > > > Something happened with the recent updates such that my touchpad is > > > operational again. I don't want it to be operational because I > > > frequently seem to accidentally move the mouse when I type. > > > > > > Prior to this I disabled the mouse by adding the following to my > > > xorg.conf file: > > > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > > Identifier "Synaptics" > > > Driver "synaptics" > > > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > > > Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" > > > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" > > > Option "SHMConfig" "on" > > > EndSection > > > > > > For some reason this section has now been commented out. Why would that > > > be ? > > > > > > Back in Fedora 8, I used ksynaptics to control my touchpad. What is > > > its status these days ? > > > > > > How do I once again disable my touchpad ? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > On my HP laptop, there's an on/off switch at the top of the mouse pad > > in the surrounding trim strip. It's hard to see, but I can feel it. > > > > Your's may have a hardware switch, somewhere. > > Or a BIOS switch. There is no BIOS switch. > Or see /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/10-synaptics.fdi. > > HINT: Don't just modify that file. Put the modified one > in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-synaptics.fdi, so that it won't be overwritten > by updates. I find that a heavy handed approach for the problem at hand. Its time for either the touchpad button or ksynaptics to just work. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
