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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How 2 disable synaptic pad (driver)
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:20:49
Message-Id: 201101031719.26621.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: How 2 disable synaptic pad (driver) by James
1 On Monday 03 January 2011 16:21:41 James wrote:
2 > Mick <michaelkintzios <at> gmail.com> writes:
3 > > > > Now I want to disable the synaptic pad on a laptop.
4 > >
5 > > Or if you want to use the xorg configuration files you can try creating:
6 > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
7 > >
8 > > and adding the option:
9 > > Option "TouchpadOff" "1"
10 >
11 > FANTASTIC!
12 >
13 >
14 > Section "InputClass"
15 > Identifier "touchpad catchall"
16 > MatchIsTouchpad "on"
17 > MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
18 > Option "TouchpadOff" "1"
19 > Driver "synaptics"
20 >
21 >
22 > Works like a charm!
23 >
24 > thx Mick,
25 > James
26
27 You're welcome! Glad it works for you, because over here I had to go back and
28 forth to get things working (mind you I was trying to do achieve the opposite
29 functionality to yours).
30 --
31 Regards,
32 Mick

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